Bug 296921 – net-misc/dhcp: ping output is not redirected to /dev/null

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Martin Mokrejš 2009-12-14 19:08:20 UTC]

When I use empty /etc/conf.d/net file dhcp kicks in. The dhclient tries to obtain DHCP lease but if at the beginning the network cable was unplugged and re-plugged _during_ dhclient re-trying to ask for a lease somehow it does not managed to extract the respnse, or whatever happens. Then, /sbin/dhclient-script is used. Please not there is only /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf.example on my system so some defaults, probably from the ugly shellscript kick in. Kernel log shows dhclient re-tried an old lease after a while and pings the router. The ping command however spits its output into the rc console.

[Comment 1 Martin Mokrejš 2009-12-14 19:13:57 UTC]

Similarly, if you leave the network cable unplugged the ping output documenting 100% loss is shown. Am on x86 stable.

[Comment 2 Martin Mokrejš 2009-12-14 19:22:58 UTC]

Maybe it is because "ping -q" is not completely quiet ...

[Comment 3 Martin Mokrejš 2009-12-14 19:27:48 UTC]

Created attachment 213022 [details]
emerge --info

[Comment 4 Martin Mokrejš 2009-12-14 19:28:07 UTC]

Created attachment 213023 [details, diff]
dhclient-script.patch

[Comment 5 Martin Mokrejš 2009-12-14 21:34:48 UTC]

Created attachment 213034 [details]
photo.jpg

[Comment 6 Martin Mokrejš 2009-12-14 21:36:03 UTC]

(In reply to comment #5)
> Created an attachment (id=213034) [details]
> photo.jpg
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192.168.0.1 is my router, btw.

[Comment 7 Robin Johnson 2010-10-15 07:48:33 UTC]

Please update to apply against 3.1.3_p1 and 4.1.x.
Or note if it's not required anymore.

[Comment 8 SpanKY 2012-10-10 04:16:46 UTC]

should be all set now in the tree; thanks for the report!

Commit message: Quiet ping output by default
http://sources.gentoo.org/net-misc/dhcp/dhcp-4.2.4_p2-r1.ebuild?rev=1.1
http://sources.gentoo.org/net-misc/dhcp/files/dhcp-4.2.4-quieter-ping.patch?rev=1.1