[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#1125011: lxc-templates: please replace isc-dhcp-client with dhcpd-base in trixie+ containers

[Sven Geuer]

Control: tags -1 + patch

On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 11:33:09 +0100 Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org> wrote:
> [...] For lxc-templates, 
> it works to replace isc-dhcp-client by dhcpd-base (I'm told at least for 
> trixie and newer) as I've done locally on our loong64 host for 
> ci.debian.net.

Dear Maintainer,

Tests of dnsmasq in stable ran into problems because of this hack [1].

Attached patch to lxc-templates solves the issue properly according to
my tests. Please consider applying it per 'quilt import ...'.

Alternatively, accept my MR [2].

On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:59:24 +0700 Arnaud Rebillout <arnaudr at kali.org> wrote:
> [...]
> I tried to replace isc-dhcp-client by dhcpd-base and it fixes the image
> builds at least. So I've opened a MR at
> https://salsa.debian.org/salsa-ci-team/autopkgtest-lxc/-/merge_requests/42
> 
> I applied this change to Kali Linux CI (lightweight fork of Salsa CI) as
> well, so it's running in prod since yesterday, so far so good.

Hello Arnaud,

The patch contains a hack to still be able to install isc-dhcp-client
as your fix replaces string 'isc-dhcp-client' regardless of context.
You should be able to roll back your commit as soon as lxc-templates
becomes available with the proposed patch applied.

Best,
Sven

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-ci/2026/03/msg00000.html
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/lxc-team/lxc-templates/-/merge_requests/3

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