Re: PR/53247 CVS commit: src/sys

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

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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