dhcpcd-discuss

On 21/10/2014 20:45, David Hauck wrote:
>> From the case where the user expects a working DHCP lease it's wrong
>> because his network probably won't function with IPv4LL.
>> From the use case where IPv4LL actually works as designed on the
>> network then DHCP isn't needed.
>>
>> You know after working this for more years than I care to remember I
>> really don't know which of the two above is better. I'm probably
>> leaning slightly to your view.
> 
> OK, no problem, it certainly is good to get your feedback on this since you've had years of experience with DHCP :). My experience as an engineer in this domain is only as a user (administrator) so my ponderings do have this slant. Have said this it's surprising to me that there isn't better guidance on something like this (which is a situation that can certainly occur in practice). Maybe worthwhile at some point to see what other clients do in these situations...

I succumbed.

http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/ci/92d07f433c2053cd331df4773b02348f39d24546?sbs=0

Roy