by the server), the client would continue to attempt to renew the same
old address over and over. Now, the client will omit any expired
addresses from future Confirm, Renew, or Rebind messages. [ISC-Bugs #17266]
- dhclient -6 will now select renew/rebind timers based upon the longest
address expiration time rather than the shortest expiration time, in
order to avoid cascading renewals in the event a server elects not to
extend one of multiple IAADDR leases. [ISC-Bugs #17266]
- Add -x option, which causes running dhclient processes to exist
gracefully *without* releasing leases [rt16741]
(Merging both at once because the first one depended on the second one)
IPv6 address, or immediately if the -n flag is supplised.
[ISC-Bugs #16872]
- -q is now the default behaviour on dhclient, with -d or -v enabling
non-quiet (stderr logging) mode. [ISC-Bugs #16872]