Bug 1764088 - dhclient manpage does not describe "-B" option
Summary: dhclient manpage does not describe "-B" option
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dhcp
Version: 30
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Pavel Zhukov
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-10-22 08:51 UTC by Jeremy Harris
Modified: 2019-11-17 01:31 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dhcp-4.4.1-17.fc32 dhcp-4.4.1-19.fc31
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-11-17 01:31:09 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Jeremy Harris 2019-10-22 08:51:00 UTC
Description of problem:

 "man dhclient" lists a "-B" option in the Synopsis, but there is no description
of the meaning of the option.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

  dhcp-client-12:4.3.6-32.fc30.x86_64

How reproducible:

  100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1. man dhclient
2.
3.


Expected results:

 Description of the option meaning.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2019-11-07 14:25:37 UTC
FEDORA-2019-8f16a6bfc6 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-8f16a6bfc6

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2019-11-09 23:20:31 UTC
dhcp-4.4.1-18.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-8f16a6bfc6

Comment 3 Jeremy Harris 2019-11-11 09:06:03 UTC
The text added appears to be a cut-and-paste from elsewhere, and describes the option in terms of itself:

       -B     statement instructs dhclient to always set the  bootp  broadcast  flag  in  request
              packets, so that servers will always broadcast replies.  This is equivalent to sup‐
              plying the dhclient -B argument, and has the same  effect  as  specifying  'always-
              broadcast'  in the server's dhcpd.conf.  This option is provided as an extension to
              enable dhclient to work on IBM s390 Linux guests.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2019-11-11 09:41:24 UTC
FEDORA-2019-a888aa6672 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-a888aa6672

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2019-11-13 04:55:59 UTC
dhcp-4.4.1-19.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-a888aa6672

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2019-11-17 01:31:09 UTC
dhcp-4.4.1-19.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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