Your message dated Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:49:24 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1146692: fixed in dhcpcd 1:10.5.2-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1146692,
regarding dhcpcd service module enforces incomprehensible network configuration
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Package: dhcpcd
Version: 1:10.3.2-6
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
`dhcpcd.service` has `Before=networking.service`, which is basically exactly
opposite what you want in most cases.
If you are using ifupdown to manage your statically-configured interfaces, such
as LAN interfaces, and then using PD via dhcpcd to manage provider-delegated
addresses to those interfaces, you want those interfaces configured and brought
up *before* dhcpcd starts. In my case, that means creating VLAN interfaces with
specific sysctls (e.g., `addr_gen_mode=1`) and bringing them up with static RFC
1918 IPv4 addresses, ULA IPv6 addresses, and chosen IPv6 link local addresses
(e.g., `fe80::1`), all of which needs to happen before dhcpcd touches them.
Notably, my WAN connection doesn't have any static configuration outside of
dhcpcd.conf and sysctl.d/*: it is not even referenced in
/etc/network/interfaces.d/*, because dhcpcd entirely manages the lifecycle of
that interface, overriding virtually every setting you might want specified in
an interfaces stanza, so I cannot fathom why anyone would want to enforce
dhcpcd starting before `ifup -a`.
`dhcpcd.service` should either have `After=networking.service`, or should not
specify a dependency at all, letting the user set the right order via
`override.conf` without having to shadow the entire service module and keep it
in-sync with upstream perpetually. (That motivates another feature request for
systemd that I am sure will never be accepted, that of syntax to remove
individual entries from list variables via override; but I digress.)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.101+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages dhcpcd depends on:
ii dhcpcd-base 1:10.3.2-6
Versions of packages dhcpcd recommends:
pn wpasupplicant <none>
Versions of packages dhcpcd suggests:
pn dhcpcd-gtk <none>
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: dhcpcd
Source-Version: 1:10.5.2-2
Done: Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dhcpcd, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]> (supplier of updated dhcpcd
package)
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Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:05:01 +0300
Source: dhcpcd
Architecture: source
Version: 1:10.5.2-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]>
Closes: 1146692 1146835
Changes:
dhcpcd (1:10.5.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* [systemd]
- Remove After/Before references to networking.service (Closes: #1146692).
* [rules]
- Ensure that monitor mode restarts after an upgrade (Closes: #1146835).
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