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and subject line Bug#1143544: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #966411,
regarding isc-dhcp-server: OPTIONS variable in /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server is
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: isc-dhcp-server
Version: 4.4.1-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
The init script /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server ignores the OPTIONS variable in
/etc/default/isc-dhcp-server.
Changing for example
OPTIONS=""
to
OPTIONS="-user iscdhcpd -group iscdhcpd"
will have no effect.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.4
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-9-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CRAP
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages isc-dhcp-server depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.71
ii debianutils 4.8.6.1
ii libc6 2.28-10
ii libdns-export1104 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u1
pn libirs-export161 <none>
ii libisc-export1100 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u1
ii lsb-base 10.2019051400
Versions of packages isc-dhcp-server recommends:
ii isc-dhcp-common 4.4.1-2
pn policycoreutils <none>
Versions of packages isc-dhcp-server suggests:
pn isc-dhcp-server-ldap <none>
ii policykit-1 0.105-25
--- isc-dhcp-server.DEBIAN 2020-07-28 10:41:29.363123750 +0300
+++ isc-dhcp-server 2020-07-28 10:41:37.963167744 +0300
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@
NAME="$3"
PIDFILE="$4"
DESC="$5"
+ DEF_OPTS="$6"
- shift 5
+ shift 6
INTERFACES="$*"
test_config "$VERSION" "$CONF"
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@
touch /var/lib/dhcp/$NAME.leases
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
- --exec /usr/sbin/dhcpd -- $VERSION -q -cf $CONF $INTERFACES
+ --exec /usr/sbin/dhcpd -- $VERSION $DEF_OPTS -q -cf $CONF
$INTERFACES
sleep 2
if check_status -q $PIDFILE $NAME; then
@@ -147,19 +148,19 @@
if test -n "$INTERFACESv4"; then
echo "Launching IPv4 server only."
start_daemon "-4" "$DHCPDv4_CONF" "$NAME4" \
- "$DHCPDv4_PID" "$DESC4" "$INTERFACESv4"
+ "$DHCPDv4_PID" "$DESC4" "$OPTIONS"
"$INTERFACESv4"
fi
if test -n "$INTERFACESv6"; then
echo "Launching IPv6 server only."
start_daemon "-6" "$DHCPDv6_CONF" "$NAME6" \
- "$DHCPDv6_PID" "$DESC6" "$INTERFACESv6"
+ "$DHCPDv6_PID" "$DESC6" "$OPTIONS"
"$INTERFACESv6"
fi
if test -z "$INTERFACESv4" -a -z "$INTERFACESv6"; then
echo "Launching both IPv4 and IPv6 servers (please
configure INTERFACES in /etc/default/isc-dhcp-server if you only want one or
the other)."
start_daemon "-4" "$DHCPDv4_CONF" "$NAME4" \
- "$DHCPDv4_PID" "$DESC4" ""
+ "$DHCPDv4_PID" "$DESC4" "$OPTIONS" ""
start_daemon "-6" "$DHCPDv6_CONF" "$NAME6" \
- "$DHCPDv6_PID" "$DESC6" ""
+ "$DHCPDv6_PID" "$DESC6" "$OPTIONS" ""
fi
;;
stop)
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 4.4.3-P1-8+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package isc-dhcp has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1143544
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
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a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
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Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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