Installing DHCP 4.1.1, 4.1.1-P1 or 4.2.0, nukes dhcpd.conf

[Glenn Satchell]

I agree entirely... It was a new "feature" in 4.0. I submitted a 
Makefile patch [ISC-Bugs #20915] in January this year.

regards,
-glenn

On 07/22/10 17:23, Ray Phillips wrote:
>> ISC DHCP 4.2.0 is now available for download.
>
> An existing dhcpd.conf file is overwritten with an example one when
> installing DHCP 4.1.1, 4.1.1-P1 or 4.2.0 (possibly other 4.x versions
> too, those are the only ones I've tried) on NetBSD/i386 5.0.2:
>
> % /usr/bin/time sh -c 'CFLAGS="-static" ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc
> --disable-dhcpv6 > configure.log 2>&1'
> 32.24 real 17.07 user 11.43 sys
> % /usr/bin/time sh -c 'make > make.log 2>&1'
> 672.91 real 528.69 user 93.26 sys
> % su
> Password:
> # ls -l /etc/dhcpd.conf
> -rw-r----- 1 root wheel 121867 Jun 22 18:04 /etc/dhcpd.conf
> # /usr/bin/time sh -c 'make install > make-install.log 2>&1'
> 7.84 real 3.02 user 4.18 sys
> # ls -l /etc/dhcpd.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3262 Jul 21 16:58 /etc/dhcpd.conf
> #
>
> That's a bit unfriendly isn't it? Would it be possible for that
> behaviour to be changed in future releases?
>
>
> Ray