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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Distribution - Version 4.2.2 - 27 July 2011 + Version 4.2.3 + 18 October 2011 README FILE @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ directory, it may not have up-to-date information). RELEASE STATUS -This is ISC DHCP 4.2.2, a maintenance release containing patches. +This is ISC DHCP 4.2.3, a maintenance release containing patches. In this release, the DHCPv6 server should be fully functional on Linux, Solaris, or any BSD. The DHCPv6 client should be similarly functional @@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ information. On Digital Unix, type ``man pfilt''. To build the DHCP Distribution, unpack the compressed tar file using the tar utility and the gzip command - type something like: - gunzip dhcp-4.2.2.tar.gz - tar xvf dhcp-4.2.2.tar + gunzip dhcp-4.2.3.tar.gz + tar xvf dhcp-4.2.3.tar CONFIGURING IT -Now, cd to the dhcp-4.2.2 subdirectory that you've just created and +Now, cd to the dhcp-4.2.3 subdirectory that you've just created and configure the source tree by typing: ./configure @@ -523,20 +523,23 @@ this text is only about the DHCPv6 client (``dhclient -6 ...''). The DNS configuration (domain search list and name servers' addresses) is managed by a System Configuration agent, not by /etc/resolv.conf (which is a link to /var/run/resolv.conf, which itself only reflects the internal state; -the System Configuration agent's Dynamic Store). +the System Configuration framework's Dynamic Store). -This means that modifying resolv.conf directly doesn't have the intended -effect, so the macos script sample uses its own resolv.conf.dhclient6 in -/var/run, and inserts the contents of this file into the System -Configuration agent. Because the System Configuration agent expects the -prefix along with the configured address, and a default router, this is -not usable (the DHCPv6 protocol does not today deliver this information). -Instead, ifconfig is directly used for address configuration. +This means that modifying resolv.conf directly doesn't have the +intended effect, instead the macos script sample creates its own +resolv.conf.dhclient6 in /var/run, and inserts the contents of this +file into the Dynamic Store. + +When updating the address configuration the System Configuration +framework expects the prefix and a default router along with the +configured address. As this extra information is not available via +the DHCPv6 protocol the System Configuration framework isn't usable +for address configuration, instead ifconfig is used directly. Note the Dynamic Store (from which /var/run/resolv.conf is built) is -recomputed from scratch when the current location/set is changed, for -instance when a laptop is resumed from sleep. In this case running the -dhclient-script could reinstall the resolv.conf.dhclient6 configuration. +recomputed from scratch when the current location/set is changed. +Running the dhclient-script reinstalls the resolv.conf.dhclient6 +configuration. SUPPORT |