AW: dhclient -6 and IPv6 prefixes

[Albrecht, Harald]

Ah, your link to the NetworkManager bug is the missing link I was looking for; it contains the changeset ID so I could locate the exact change in NetworkManager's source code git repository. So now things are beginning to take on shape. Thank you for pointing me to the right direction!

-- Harald

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> Im Auftrag von Jiri Popelka
> Gesendet: Montag, 16. September 2013 10:55
> An: dhcp-hackers at lists.isc.org
> Betreff: Re: dhclient -6 and IPv6 prefixes
> 
> On 09/16/2013 10:41 AM, Oskar Berggren wrote:
> > Since some OS use network manager the bug gets reported there. I
> > believe I read somewhere that someone had reported it to a isc dhcp
> > mailing list, but I'm not sure.
> 
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=656610#c8
> 
> "For what it's worth I've also sent a patch to ISC to change the hardcoded
> implicit prefix length value from /64 to /128 in [ISC-Bugs #29468]."
> 
> > I _believe_ Network manager uses dhclient to handle the DHCP protocol,
> > but then configures the system itself, without the dhclient-script.
> 
> Yes, AFAIK NM uses environment variables that dhclient sets but has its own
> "dhclient-script" for configuring the system.
> 
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> Jiri
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