Re: should FreeBSD-dhclient depend on FreeBSD-resolvconf?

From: Lexi Winter <ivy_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 06:06:13 UTC
Chris wrote in <1dab51ef73837d98d5b5c36ef1e39118@bsdforge.com>:
> On 2025-10-15 05:16, Lexi Winter wrote:
> > so if dhclient use in jails is widespread, we should probably
> > add it to minimal-jail.
> IMHO isn't the HOST responsible for routing? Doesn't that make dhclient
> and friends somewhat unusual (not average jail(8) setup?).

no, in VNET jails the jail does routing itself, including IP address
assignment.  while i personally prefer to do this statically, i believe
it's fairly common to use DHCP (for IPv4) or SLAAC (for IPv6) to handle
this automatically, especially in mass-hosting setups.

since dhclient is fairly small (150kB) and DHCP is something people
typically expect to "just work", i am leaning on the side of putting
this into minimal-jail unless anyone has a strong objection.