dhcpcd-discuss

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 04:03:17PM +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
> On 13/11/2014 15:55, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 03:50:41PM +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
> >>> Thanks Roy. Unfortunately, we use the IPv4LL functionality. But it's ok,
> >>> I will wait for your fix.
> >>
> >> OK, fair enough.
> >> Tell me though, when the IPv4LL address was assigned with timeout 0, did
> >> it get a lease assigned to the interface shortly afterwards?
> >>
> > 
> > No, the address offered by the dhcp server was never assigned.
> 
> OK, that bug needs to be fixed.
> If it was assigned would you be happy with it getting the IPv4LL address
> first still?
> 

Yes, I believe that's ok.

> > The
> > interesting thing is, I think it took the IPv4LL address as the lease.
> > This is because when I took a hex dump of
> > /var/lib/dhcpcd5/dhcpcd-eth0.lease, the address in there is the IPv4LL
> > lease.
> 
> That's not a bug :)
> dhcpcd creates a fake DHCP lease so it fits in with the rest of the
> code. We can tell it's fake because there is no magic DHCP cookie in the
> lease.

Ahh OK, I understand.

Thanks,
Amit