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Bug#1006264: marked as done (RFH: dhcpcd5 -- DHCPv4, IPv6RA and DHCPv6 client with IPv4LL support)

Your message dated Fri, 6 May 2022 12:46:28 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#1006264: RFH: dhcpcd5 -- DHCPv4, IPv6RA and DHCPv6 client with IPv4LL support
has caused the Debian Bug report #1006264,
regarding RFH: dhcpcd5 -- DHCPv4, IPv6RA and DHCPv6 client with IPv4LL support
to be marked as done.

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Given how upstream ISC will stop development of its DHCP suite by the end of 2022 [1], Debian will need to select a new stock DHCP client to ship with Priority:Important.

dhcpcd5 seems like the most potential replacement. It covers most IPv4 and IPv6 usage cases, and upstream regularly updates the code. However, the Debian package hasn't been updated in ages.

A bug was filed asking for the latest upstream release to be packaged was filed [2] but remains unanswered nearly 2 years later. A recent comment by Michael Biebl suggests that current versions of Network-Manager ship with support for this, but it would require a MUCH more recent version than what Debian currently ships.

I therefore think that dhcpcd5 deserves plenty of maintainance help, perhaps even a new maintainer.

Martin-Éric

The package description is:
 dhcpcd is a one stop network management daemon which includes
  * RFC compliant DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 clients
  * DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation support
  * IPv4LL (aka ZeroConf) support
  * ARP address conflict resolution
  * Link carrier detection
  * Wireless SSID profiles
  * ARP ping profiles

1. <https://www.isc.org/blogs/dhcp-client-relay-eom/>
2. <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=964947>

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--- Begin Message --- On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:26:11 +0200 Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> wrote:> As mentioned in Bug #964947, I have a dhcpcd5 NMU waiting on Mentors. 

I am closing this because Martin-Éric has helped himself.
Martin-Éric, I encourage you to salvage the package. Scott does not seem to be active anymore.

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