In message: <200506151140.56908.current_at_dino.sk> Milan Obuch <current_at_dino.sk> writes: : On Wednesday 15 June 2005 08:30, M. Warner Losh wrote: : ... : > : > ifconfig fxp0 1.2.3.4/24 : > : > will kill dhclient every time for me. : > : : Well, I would consider this a feature, not a bug, and a convenient one. It : happens on me from time to time that I have DHCP configured on one interface, : then after move to another place I issue 'ifconfig fxp0 ....' and some time : after network suddenly stops working due to dhclient running and deleting my : manually entered setting. : Where there also 'ifconfig fxp0 DHCP' for consistency... : I know this could be easily done with some scripting, but I could not : resist :) The problem that I have with it is that if I then unplug and plug the cable in (say press-ganging my laptop into service to test static IP addresses) causes dhclient to run again. I'm not sure that's a bug, but it is a behavior change from the old dhclient. It is doing what I told it to do, but much more enthusiastically. I'm not sure what to suggest to fix it, however... WarnerReceived on Thu Jun 16 2005 - 01:20:12 UTC
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