Re: PR/53247 CVS commit: src/sys

[Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>]

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

From: Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: PR/53247 CVS commit: src/sys
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 11:10:43 -0600

 On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 04:00:01PM +0000, Robert Elz wrote:
 > 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.
 
 Yes, I agree.  It would be better if we also had the dhcpcd fix in
 netbsd-8.
 
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 Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>
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