RE: location dhcpd.conf
Hi,
>> I have just upgraded my first Lenny system to Squeeze and noted that
>> maybe the location of my dhcpd.conf file has been changed once more. Is
>> that right?
> I'd say yes.
>> In Etch it was in /etc/dhcp/ then in Lenny it was in /etc/dhcp3/ and now
>> it seems to be once more in /etc/dhcp/ if I read the
>> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/i386/isc-dhcp-server/filelist page
>> correctly.
>>
>> Are there any more surprises like that and how do I find them after a
>> version upgrade?
> Most of the surprises (at least the bigger ones) can be discovered by
> reading the Release Notes:
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/index.en.html
I have read those at least three times from chapter 1 to 7 while making my own notes about what was really important for me. Just checked again, nothing about the dhcp server changes.
>> Am I supposed to read every package page to find differences like this?
>> It is not even mentioned at the page I reference above, I just noted
>> that I had two dhcpd.conf files and that the date on the conf files was
>> different from what I expected en then went looking for more
>> information.
> The rest of the surprises could be found in their corresponding doc
> packages and/or list of changes file.
There is indeed a change log for each package, but I cannot find that kind of information. I can see a change log for the isc-dhcp-server but the only thing in there about dhcpd.conf is something from 2006.
> IIRC, there was a transition from "dhcp3-client" (package available for
> lenny) to "isc-dhcp-client" (in squeeze) so the mess could had been
> generated because of that.
Maybe someone can update the change log for the dhcp system to reflect the change in config file location. Fortunately I do not to much different packages on our systems so there are not too many packages to check.
Bonno
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