On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 08:46:04PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, 2022-05-08 at 22:07 +0200, Steve Langasek wrote: > [...] > > Ubuntu no longer uses isc-dhcp by default, because it no longer uses > > ifupdown; NetworkManager and networkd both have their own implementations of > > dhcp clients which are used by preference. *However*, isc-dhcp is still > > installed as part of all Ubuntu systems, because it is the only client > > implementation that integrates with initramfs-tools > > (/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/zz-dhclient) > Upstream initramfs-tools uses klibc ipconfig for DHCP, but that is > limited to IPv4. Is that why Ubuntu is not using it, or was there > another problem? IPv6 support was the main driver. We use it for both DHCP4 and DHCP6 though, for consistency. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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