something is wrong with dhclient update

Michal Jaegermann michal at harddata.com
Fri Aug 29 15:57:48 UTC 2008


On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 05:38:21AM -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Shutting down interface eth0:  Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than "0/0".
> Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than "0/0".
>                                                            [  OK  ]
> Shutting down loopback interface:  Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than "0/0".
> Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than "0/0".

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460580

A new /sbin/ip does not accept arguments which were fine for earlier
versions and that spooks /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-post
It looks like that this can be harmful in some setups although for
most simple situations you should not see problems.

> Determining IP information for eth0...Nothing to flush.
> /sbin/dhclient-script: line 186: [: '': integer expression expected
>  done.
>                                                            [  OK  ]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460577
and that includes a fix.  As it happens this does not really has
adverse consequences (a pure accident) save the nastygram above.

  Michal




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