Updated specfile, dhcpd client options (like timeout)

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Fri Mar 20 11:32:47 UTC 2009


Try starting with the spec file in the CentOS 5.2 dhcp src.rpm and 
modify it for the newer release.  Remove or re-base any patches that 
don't apply cleanly.

>From a mirror here:

http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=30

path to src.rpm:

/pub/centos/5.2/os/SRPMS/dhcp-3.0.5-13.el5.src.rpm

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 04:02:33PM -0500, RT wrote:
> I'm considering upgrading from the default dhcp-3.0.5-13.el5 packaged
> with CentOS 5.2 to DHCP 3.1.2, in order to take advantage of "Dynamic
> BOOTP leases are now load balanced in failover" (only present in
> 3.1.0+).
> 
> Are there src.rpm's available, or an updated spec file (the one
> packaged with 3.1.2 appears to generate errors under rpmbuild-4.4.2)?
> 
> Finally, within dhcpd.conf (in 3.0.5), can one pass options to the
> client resolv.conf, similar to:
> 
> options timeout:0.5
> 
> Thanks for your assistance.



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