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  1. Bug #24292
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 24292

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

DHCP corner case fixed:

 dhcp3 (3.0.3-5ubuntu3) dapper; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/patches/deroot-client.dpatch:
     - rewrite_client_leases(): Truncate and rewind the leases file instead of
       closing and reopening it. The latter is not possible any more with
       dropped root privileges.
     - See bug #24292 (which has a different cause, but led to discovering this
       one).

Fixing the path in ifupdown is easy, however, it might break other programs that
rely on the current path, so this needs some more consideration.