r239356: does it mean, that synchronous dhcp and dhcplcinet with disabled devd gone?

[Doug Barton]

On 8/21/2012 6:34 AM, John Baldwin wrote:

> Humm.  devd is the more common case, and we explicitly don't use devd to start 
> dhclient on boot even when devd is enabled (so out of the box dhcp would first 
> be started by rc, but would be restarted by devd).

That sounds reasonable. People who choose not to run devd can be
responsible for restarting dhclient themselves.

> Another option is to rework dhclient to work like it does on OpenBSD where it
> renews its lease if the link bounces, but to not exit when the link goes down.

That would be preferable.

> That case would fix the currently broken case that you unplug your cable, take 
> your laptop over to another network (e.g. take it home if suspend/resume 
> works), then plug it back in and are still stuck with your old IP.

I do think it's important to fix this case. However I agree with the
chorus of responders that it is more important to maintain our historic
resilience to temporary loss of connectivity.

Doug

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