[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#799605: Bug#799605: Please default to internal DHCP client

[Michael Biebl]

Control: severity -1 wishlist

Am 20.09.2015 um 21:47 schrieb Josh Triplett:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 1.0.6-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Since version 1.0, NetworkManager includes its own internal DHCP client
> code, which can obtain an address far faster than dhclient.  Please
> consider making this the default.  Users who need more esoteric features
> specific to dhclient can always configure NetworkManager to use dhclient
> via /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf .

Last time I looked at it, the internal dhclient didn't support DHCPv6
and I experiences some odd issues with VPN connections.
My personal preference is to stick with what NM upstream considers the
preferred default.
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