GNU bug report logs - #64468
[PATCH] services: dhcp-client-service-type: Support DDNS.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Lilah Tascheter <lilah <at> lunabee.space>
Cc: 64468-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#64468] [PATCH] services: dhcp-client-service-type: Support
 DDNS.
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:45:11 +0200

Lilah Tascheter <lilah <at> lunabee.space> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> Could there be unintended side effects from passing "-I"?
>
> the isc-dhcp knowledgebase says that by default dhclient uses a
> pre-standardization implementation of DDNS, which is incompatable with non-isc
> DHCP servers. no idea why that's the default, but -I just switches to using the
> standardized protocol.
>
> kb link with more details: https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01091

Thanks for explaining.  I added this explanation as a comment in the
code and committed.

Ludo’.

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