dhcpcd-discuss

Hi Roy,

The command line usage of Debian's resolvconf script, with which 
openresolv is supposedly compatible, uses the -a flag with an argument 
of the following format:

  <interface_name>.<program_name>

It seems that dhcpcd uses the following for IPv6:

  eth0:dhcp6

and for IPv4 it simply uses the interface name by itself:

  eth0

Two comments about this:

1. It would be easier for various scripting purposes if dhcpcd 
identified itself as the source of DNS settings for both IPv4 and IPv6 
because there may be other sources of DNS settings for the same 
interface, i.e, add something like dhcp4 in the IPv4 case.

2. It would be preferable to use the period as a separator instead of 
the colon, both for compatibility with Debian's resolvconf, and because 
the colon's special meaning in shell scripts makes it more awkward to 
deal with.

Thanks,

Joachim


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