Public bug reported: Present in the Precise version (0.7~beta2ubuntu8) at least:
ifupdown is hardcoded to call dhclient with -1, which causes it to exit on the first failure. This can happen in two ways: 1) Failure to bring up the interface if the dhcp server doesn't respond in time (default 60s). 2) Failure to renew if the dhcp server was unavailable during a previous renewal try. This is http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694541 as well, it seems. ** Affects: ifupdown (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196975 Title: ifupdown calling dhclient with -1 causes it to fail when dhcp server unavailable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/1196975/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
