dhcpcd-discuss

On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 10:07:02AM +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
> Hi Robert
> 
> On 14/12/2017 20:49, Robert Gill wrote:
> > I've been having issues with dhcpcd crashing on and OpenBSD 6.2 system.
> > I don't recall seeing any similar reports on the mailing list archive,
> > so I'm sorry to bother you all if this has been corrected in a more
> > recent release.
> > 
> > On system boot, dhcpcd will correctly assign the interface and IP
> > address, but then crashes before /etc/resolv.conf can be written. I then
> > have to restart dhcpcd manually. /etc/resolv.conf is then correctly
> > written and dhcpcd will run fine until lease renewal time, at which
> > point I'll need to manually restart it again. I'm attaching log files
> > and backtraces which I believe to be relevant.
> 
> Plenty of OpenBSD fixes have gone into dhcpcd-7 and dhcpcd-7.0.0-rc4 
> should work fine on OpenBSD-6.2 without any patches.
> However, my testing is strictly limited to running OpenBSD in a VM which 
> may not be entirely reflective of the real world.
> 
> I don't recall any specific patch which would address that backtrace 
> though so I'm only able to advise trying the most recent rc.
> 
> Roy

Hi Roy,

I've been running dhcpcd-7.0.0-rc4 for a few days now with no issues. It
seems like whatever the problem was was fixed in the recent release.

Thanks,
Rob