[Bug 900234] Re: dhclient: can't create /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth0.leases in syslog again on Precise

Thu Jan 12 16:45:12 UTC 2012

This bug was fixed in the package ifupdown - 0.7~beta2ubuntu1

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ifupdown (0.7~beta2ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * Resynchronise with Debian experimental.  Remaining changes
    (LP: #905660, LP: #850566, LP: #611877, LP: #678425):
    - ifupdown.nw: Use 100 as default route metric unless an explicit metric
      parameter is set in /etc/network/interface.
    - Add iniparser3.0b sources (dictionary.c, dictionary.h, iniparser.c,
      iniparser.h), to let ifupdown avoid auto-up/down of interfaces if
      network-manager's ifupdown plugin is in managed=true mode.
    - Add a new query interface, 'ifquery', that can be used by upstart
      hooks to ask for the list of possible interfaces that they might need
      to bring up.
    - debian/ifupdown.network-interface.upstart: Replace the init scripts
      with a per-interface Upstart job.
    - debian/ifupdown.networking.upstart: Add a "networking" job that
      partially replaces the networking init script from netbase.
    - debian/control: Bump build-dependency on debhelper for Upstart-aware
      dh_installinit.
    - debian/rules: Due to debhelper always adding /etc/init.d symlinks, we
      must manually remove /etc/init.d/networking for as long as netbase
      still provides it.
    - Add if-up and if-down scripts to emit Upstart events when interfaces
      come up and go down.
    - debian/ifupdown.network-interface-security.upstart: Ensure apport is
      started before interfaces are brought up by either ifupdown or
      network-manager.
    - debian/postinst: If the loopback interface is missing from the config
      in /etc/network/interfaces, add it on upgrade.
    - debian/ifupdown.preinst: Since files in /etc were not conffiles in
      lucid, and /etc/network/if-up.d/upstart and
      /etc/init/network-interface.conf changed between lucid final and
      maverick, add extra handling to avoid spurious conffile prompts.
    - invoke dhclient3 with '-1', meaning it should exit failure if it does
      not receive a response in 60 seconds. (LP: #838968)
    - contrib/ifstate-check: Use /run/ntework/ifstate instead of
      /etc/network/run/ifstate
    - ifup.8: Update man page to indicate that Ubuntu uses /run
      and that it's always writable as it's a temporary filesystem
  * ifupdown.nw: When calling dhclient3, also use /var/lib/dhcp as
    dhclient3 is now a symlink to dhclient and /var/lib/dhcp3 no longer
    exists. (LP: #900234)
  * Mark ifupdown as Multi-Arch foreign
  * Replace remaining references to /var/run/network by /run/network
    (LP: #885506)

ifupdown (0.7~beta2) experimental; urgency=low

  * Put interfaces down in the reverse order than they were
    brought up (Closes: #477650).
  * Fix postinst issues with loopback interface naming
    (Closes: #572396, #545250).
  * Remove old .dpkg-old symlink (Closes: #639612).
  * Document some details on processing /etc/network/if-*.d directories.
  * Terminate ifup if it's still running when doing ifdown.
  * Finally migrate to /run/network.
  * Use FHS names for wvdial pid files (Closes: #255222).
  * Stop on run-parts failure (Closes: #547587).
  * Execute scripts before interface options on *-down (Closes: #346459).
  * Display missing variable name in the error message; make it also a bit
    less obscure (Closes: #502630).
  * Fix wvdial options description (Closes: #534181).
  * Specify interface label (Closes: #645813).
  * Add address scope option for static IPv4 and IPv6 setups.
  * Use FreeBSD version of route, thanks to Robert Millan (Closes: #646291).

ifupdown (0.7~beta1) experimental; urgency=low

  * Update the examples (Closes: #630551).
  * Remove Default-Stop from the LSB headers (Closes: #630506).
  * Add IPv4LL method (Closes: #204641).
  * Add initial DHCPv6 support.
  * Suggest isc-dhcp-client instead of dhcp3-client (Closes: #631414).
  * Support per-architecture build-time rule definitions.
  * Add a syntax (%iface/a/b%) to perform character replacement over
    variable values.
  * Accept VLAN interface names (Closes: #632902).
  * Update test cases.
  * Correct the spelling of the maintainer's last name.
  * Add partial kFreeBSD support (Closes: #630512).
  * Drop 'ifupdown-clean' init script (not needed any more with /run).
 -- Stephane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com>   Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:25:30 +0100

** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  dhclient: can't create /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth0.leases in syslog
  again on Precise

Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “isc-dhcp” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Getting errors similar to the following in the syslog on Precise:

  Dec  5 10:47:44 srv-jygxu dhclient: DHCPREQUEST of 10.251.70.10 on eth0 to 10.251.70.9 port 67
  Dec  5 10:47:44 srv-jygxu dhclient: DHCPACK of 10.251.70.10 from 10.251.70.9
  Dec  5 10:47:44 srv-jygxu dhclient: can't create /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth0.leases: No such file or directory
  Dec  5 10:47:44 srv-jygxu dhclient: bound to 10.251.70.10 -- renewal in 1299 seconds.

  This was apparently fixed on natty but appears to have regressed in
  Precise and Oneiric.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ifupdown 0.7~alpha5.1ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-2.6-virtual 3.2.0-rc3
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-2-virtual i686
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Dec  5 10:59:50 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ifupdown
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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