Bug#561949: wide-dhcpv6-client: [patch] resetting ifid on interface restart

[Bjørn Mork]

tags 561949 + patch
thanks

I believe the attached patch fixes this bug.  It calls ifreset() when an
interface is restarted, which causes the ifid to be updated.


Bjørn

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--- wide-dhcpv6-20080615.orig/dhcp6c.c	2009-12-21 15:35:55.000000000 +0100
+++ wide-dhcpv6-20080615/dhcp6c.c	2009-12-21 15:39:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -771,6 +771,12 @@
 
 	switch(command) {
 	case DHCP6CTL_COMMAND_START:
+		/* the ifid might have changed, so reset it before releasing the lease */
+		if (ifreset(ifp)) {
+			dprintf(LOG_NOTICE, FNAME, "failed to reset %s",
+				ifname);
+			return (-1);
+		}
 		free_resources(ifp);
 		if (client6_start(ifp)) {
 			debug_printf(LOG_NOTICE, FNAME, "failed to restart %s",