Re: PR/53247 CVS commit: src/sys

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/53247; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: PR/53247 CVS commit: src/sys
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 22:55:17 +0700

     Date:        Sat, 12 May 2018 08:34:16 -0600
     From:        Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>
     Message-ID:  <20180512143416.GA22962%nyx.net@localhost>
 
   | I was under the impression that that dhcpcd patch I originally tried
   | is why dhcpcd recovers properly from the error, but that it was not
   | going to be pulled into netbsd-8.  Have I missed something?
 
 That one I cannot answer - I can't think of any reason it could not be
 included, it is a bug fix, and certainly could be pulled up.
 
 But someone has to request it, and then releng need to do it.
 
 That is, if the patch has even been applied to NetBSD-current - I'm not
 sure of that either, but if it hasn't, it should be.
 
 dhcpcd has tended to be upgraded to a whole new version when there are
 fixes (which can also introduce other changes, which might not be
 appropriate to be pulled up) but there is no reason an isolated fix cannot
 be incorporated, and then pulled up, in the interim.
 
 The dhcpcd change was the bug fix here, the other changes simply make
 the bug occur less often.
 
 kre