[Bug 1853164] Re: systemd: /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/resolved error

[GeekSmith]

@thayne-u

They don't care. There is ample reason to implement a fix for this, but
they refuse to do what's best for users because they don't want us to
run any software that doesn't start with "systemd". This is a very
simple bug with a very simple fix, but they refuse to fix their defects.

I've used Ubuntu as my primary OS since Warty Warthog. I've installed
and supported it on countless desktop and server systems. Something
changed in the culture a few years back -- they stopped listening to
their users, around the time that Jono Bacon left. Now the community has
no advocate to influence development. Sadly, that shift in attitude is
reflected with this bug and the one like it that I filed in 2018.

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Title:
  systemd: /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/resolved error

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in systemd source package in Focal:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  [impact]

  with systemd-resolved disabled, dhclient doesn't correctly notify
  resolvconf about dns server(s)

  [test case]

  install resolvconf and ifupdown and disable systemd-resolved and
  systemd-networkd, use ifupdown to get a dhcp address where the lease
  includes a dns nameserver, verify resolvconf is using that dhcp-
  provided nameserver

  [regression potential]

  failure to correctly notify systemd-resolved about new dhclient-
  provided nameserver(s)

  [scope]

  this is needed for f and earlier

  in g and later the hook script is moved to the isc-dhcp package, and
  edited to correctly check is-enabled systemd-resolved instead of only
  checking for the existence of the binary

  [original description]

  The functionality exists to allow users to revert to the traditional ifupdown
  package for network configuration. Alongside this, systemd's often-buggy
  resolver can be disabled. However, there's a logic error in the systemd-
  supplied /etc/dhcp/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/resolved that prevents the system
  from populating /etc/resolv.conf properly when systemd-resolved is disabled.
  The issue is here:

      if [ -x /lib/systemd/systemd-resolved ] ; then

  Instead of checking to see if the systemd-resolved service is enabled or
  active, which would be the correct behaviour, this checks for the existence of
  a binary, assuming that if it exists it's supposed to be used.

  I've not tested this in the absence of resolvconf, but if systemd-resolved
  isn't enabled, it's difficult to imagine this code wanting to run. I've tested
  this with resolvconf and ifupdown driving dhclient, and it corrects the
  behaviour that was broken with the introduction of systemd-resolved.

  I'm attaching a patch, and am also including it here for easy access:

  *** resolved.broken     2019-11-19 15:01:28.785588838 +0000
  --- resolved    2019-11-19 15:08:06.519430073 +0000
  ***************
  *** 14,20 ****
    #   (D) = master script downs interface
    #   (-) = master script does nothing with this

  ! if [ -x /lib/systemd/systemd-resolved ] ; then
            # For safety, first undefine the nasty default make_resolv_conf()
            make_resolv_conf() { : ; }
            case "$reason" in
  --- 14,21 ----
    #   (D) = master script downs interface
    #   (-) = master script does nothing with this

  ! systemctl is-active systemd-resolved > /dev/null 2>&1
  ! if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            # For safety, first undefine the nasty default make_resolv_conf()
            make_resolv_conf() { : ; }
            case "$reason" in

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