[Bug 2024164] Re: Replace dhclient with dhcpcd

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This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.142ubuntu10

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initramfs-tools (0.142ubuntu10) mantic; urgency=medium

  * Fix resolving wrong multiarch libdir in dhcpcd hook (LP: #2031363)

initramfs-tools (0.142ubuntu9) mantic; urgency=medium

  * Replace dhclient by dhcpcd (LP: #2024164)
  * Merge consecutive manual_add_modules calls into one

 -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung at ubuntu.com>  Tue, 15 Aug 2023 20:41:22 +0200

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Replace dhclient with dhcpcd

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  ISC has announced the end of life for ISC DHCP as of the end of 2022.
  Kea is the recommended successor of the DHCP server (isc-dhcp-server).
  This bug report is about replacing the DHCP client (isc-dhcp-client).

  Ubuntu uses NetworkManager on the desktop and systemd-networkd on the
  server as default DHCP client. However isc-dhcp-client is still
  installed as part of all Ubuntu systems, because it is the only client
  implementation that integrates with initramfs-tools. isc-dhcp-client
  is also used by cloud-init and as a command line tool to configure
  transient DHCP on an interface.

  There are following requirements for the replacement DHCP client:
  1. The DHCP client must support DHCPv6.
  2. The DHCP client in the initramfs should be small enough to not increase the size noticeable.
  3. The DHCP client needs to be callable from the shell (for initramfs and cloud-init)

  The Ubuntu desktop uses network-manager and the server/cloud images
  uses systemd-networkd. So there is no need for changing the DHCP
  client on booted systems, but the initramfs uses dhclient from isc-
  dhcp-client.

  ipconfig (from klibc-utils) does not support DHCPv6 (but there is work
  in progress in
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bwh/klibc.git/?h=ipv6).
  systemd-networkd, network-manager, and dhcpcanon pull in too many
  packages/libraries for the initramfs use case (unless using a systemd-
  based boot). For example, /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd is 1.6 MB big
  and directly depends on 24 libraries.

  systemd-networkd is designed to run as a service. It takes no
  arguments when called. So it must run as daemon.

  Therefore only dhcpcd and udhcpc remain as replacement (for the initramfs). From those two, I propose to use dhcpcd as replacement, because:
  * It has many features (like classless static routes or DHCP over InfiniBand)
  * It is actively developed (normally a few release per year)

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