dhcpcd-discuss

On Saturday 15 August 2015 11:58:52 Roy Marples wrote:
> The only way this could work is like so
> 
> DHCPv4 lease sets hostname foo
> DHCPv6 has no hostname
> 
> To change over hostname control to DHCPv6
> 
> DHCPv4 sets hostname foo
> DHCPv6 sets hostname foo
> 
> Both names are now in agreement so handover can take place

The server could send FORCERENEW and RECONFIGURE messages at this point to 
force a new lease as well.
Once the client has processed them both, the change over can happen.

> 
> DHCPv4 has no hostname
> DHCPv6 sets hostname bar
> 
> Because the prior DHCPv6 lease set hostname foo (ie the currently assigned
> hostname), we know we can change it to bar so this should work.
> 
> Makes sense?
> 
> Roy