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dhcpleased(8) and resolvd(8) enabled in base, replacing dhclient(8)

Contributed by rueda on 2021-07-17 from the dhcplease-resolv-me dept.

Florian Obser (florian@) has enabled dhcpleased(8) and resolvd(8) [on
both of which we reported earlier] in base.


The commits are,

    CVSROOT:        /cvs
    Module name:    src
    Changes by:     florian@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/07/16 09:21:41

    Modified files:
            etc            : netstart rc.conf

    Log message:
    switch to dhcpleased/resolvd in base
    OK deraadt

in the ramdisk,

    CVSROOT:        /cvs
    Module name:    src
    Changes by:     florian@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/07/16 09:24:09

    Modified files:
            distrib/alpha/miniroot: list
            distrib/amd64/ramdisk_cd: list
            distrib/arm64/ramdisk: list
            distrib/armv7/ramdisk: list
            distrib/hppa/ramdisk: list
            distrib/i386/ramdisk: list
            distrib/i386/ramdisk_cd: list
            distrib/landisk/ramdisk: list
            distrib/loongson/ramdisk: list
            distrib/luna88k/ramdisk: list
            distrib/macppc/ramdisk: list
            distrib/octeon/ramdisk: list
            distrib/powerpc64/ramdisk: list
            distrib/riscv64/ramdisk: list
            distrib/sparc64/miniroot: list

    Log message:
    Replace dhclient with dhcpleased/resolvd on the ramdisk.
    OK deraadt who also helped making some space.

and in the installer:

    CVSROOT:        /cvs
    Module name:    src
    Changes by:     florian@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/07/16 09:25:31

    Modified files:
            distrib/miniroot: install.sub

    Log message:
    Switch from dhclient to dhcpleased in the installer.
    More cleanup is needed from a real ksh hacker, but looks already
    pretty good to kn.

    OK deraadt

In a reply on misc@, Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) explained some of the
rationale:

    [...]
    We are moving from a model where dhclient on 1 interface believes it is
    MASTER of /etc/resolv.conf and a bunch of system aspects, and the
    userbase is familiar with a pile of hacky control knobs in
    dhclient.conf.

    Towards a model where multiple interfaces + unwind can advertise their
    DNS resolution abilities to resolvd, which then sorts the offers and
    maintains a configuration.

    dhclient will remain available for people who want that old model, but I
    suspect they will encounter increasing difficulty sticking to it.

    Because the default configuration is changing.
    [...]

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