dhcpcd-discuss

On 09/03/2015 22:24, Joachim Achtzehnter wrote:
> 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.

http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/ci/8fcaa089dd8c068556b8a6fa9856524968d5b815?sbs=0

This brings no more compatibility though because Debians code looks for
inet and inet6, which is crazy because you have inet6 DNS via DHCPv6 and
the RA. If anyone complains about this change, it will be reverted.

Roy