Bug#529624: netbase: networking should not be stopped on reboot or halt

[Teodor <mteodor@gmail.com>]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> wrote:
> Not going to happen: releasing DHCP leases is more important.

This could be done by calling dhclient3 with "-r" parameter somehow,
but it isn't even required by the protocol. Is this an acceptable
workarround for the desktop computers?

Thanks


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       The client normally doesn’t release the current  lease  as  it  is  not
       required  by  the DHCP protocol.  Some cable ISPs require their clients
       to notify the server if they wish to release an  assigned  IP  address.
       The  -r  flag explicitly releases the current lease, and once the lease
       has been released, the client exits.

       If the client is killed by a signal (for example at shutdown or reboot)
       it  won’t  execute the dhclient-script (8) at exit. However if you shut
       the client down gracefully with -r or  -x  it  will  execute  dhclient-
       script  (8) at shutdown with the specific reason for calling the script
       set.