On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 08:12:33PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > Package: isc-dhcp-client > Version: 3.1.1-6 > Severity: normal > File: /sbin/dhclient-script > > (also found in 4.1.0-1) > > The script suggests (/IF_METRIC/) that a route metric can be set > from /etc/network/interfaces, but neither are ifupdown variables > available to dhclient, nor does interfaces(5) suggest the > availability of that option for the dhcp method. > > It would be nice, but… >
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=235136#50 The main problem is that dhclient sanitises its environment, and I'm reluctant to start special-casing specific environment variables by name with -e So what we really need is some way to whitelist IF_* variables -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
