On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> > On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, Richard UNGER wrote:
> > > I have a few problems:
> > > 1) dhclient 'zaps' my setup for ae0. I have a ifconfig.ae0 file, and 
> > > netstart configures it correctly on boot-up. When I run dhclient from 
> > > netstart.local it always 'zeroes' my config for ae0. The man page for 
> > > dhclient claims if I invoke 'dhclient <if-name>' it will only configure 
> > > the interface specified with dhcp.
> > Ok, this one I know about. The rest I'm shakey on, although I have an
> > almost identicle setup.
> > Here's the gross hack to fix this problem: Add this to the top of
> > /etc/dhclient-script
> > 
> > #Hack to avoid working with ae0.
> > if [ $interface = "ae0" ]; then
> >   exit 0
> > fi
> > 
> > This makes the script exit if it tires to work with ae0. I know the man
> > pages says that giving the name will make it only work with that name, but
> > dhclient has a bug with regards to that. ;)
> 
> Quick question. Have you sent in a pr on this?
No, I haven't. I wasn't aware that I should since dhclient isn't a NetBSD
product. I remember that back when I was subscribed to the dhclient list
Ted Lemon (the author) was aware of this (I think...I don't have it
documented anywhere of course).
Should I send in a pr then? ;)
-Xiamin

> 
> Take care,
> 
> Bill
>