dhcp-4.2.0-P2 overwrite existing dhcpd.conf

Glenn Satchell glenn.satchell at uniq.com.au
Sat Dec 18 00:11:10 UTC 2010


On 12/18/10 03:11, schilling wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This may have been always the case. It would be nice if dhcp could
> either rename the existing dhcpd.conf or not install the default
> dhcpd.conf if there is already one.
>
> My command list
> cd dhcp-4.2.0-P2
> ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc
> make
> su -
> cd dhcp-4.2.0-P2
> make install
>
> This overwrite my existing /etc/dhcpd.conf file with the default dhcpd.conf
>
> Thanks,
>
> Schilling


This has been a "feature" since 4.0. I logged a bug and a patch to the 
Makefile [ISC-Bugs #20915] for this some time ago.

-- 
regards,
-glenn




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