WRT regression potential: 2) In at least some cases, DHCP network configuration shifts from klibc's ipconfig to isc-dhcp-client's dhclient. This should be of minimal risk, as isc-dhcp-client is in very very widespread use. In the event of a regression, network boot would fail, but the prior kernel should still be bootable.
It is in widespread use; and the set of functionality used by ipconfig in the initramfs is very small, so unlikely to run into any problems as a result of behavior differences between ipconfig and dhclient. However, the risk is non-zero, and I consider it acceptable to change the dhcpv4 client from ipconfig to dhclient in SRU solely because we should also plan to solve 1) in the longer term, which is only possible by removing klibc-utils completely from the initramfs. Were this not the case, the preferred safer path would be to continue using ipconfig for ipv4 and use dhclient only for ipv6. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1621507 Title: initramfs-tools configure_networking() fails to dhcp ipv6 addresses To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1621507/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
