11 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Distribution
2- Version 4.4.2-P1
3- 26 May 2021
2+ Version 4.4.3b1
3+ 26 January 2022
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55 README FILE
66
@@ -62,13 +62,15 @@ documented in the dhclient-script man page. The format of the DHCP
6262client lease database is documented in the dhclient.leases man page.
6363The source for all these man pages is in the client/ subdirectory in
6464the distribution. In addition, the dhcp-options man page should be
65- referred to for information about DHCP options.
65+ referred to for information about DHCP options. The client component
66+ is End-of-Life and will not be part of future releases.
6667
6768DHCP relay agent documentation is in the dhcrelay man page, the source
68- for which is distributed in the relay/ subdirectory.
69+ for which is distributed in the relay/ subdirectory. The relay component
70+ is End-of-Life and will not be part of future releases.
6971
7072KEA Migration Assistant documentation, including how to build, install
71- and use it, is including in the keama directory.
73+ and use it, is included in the keama/ directory.
7274
7375To read installed manual pages, use the man command. Type "man page"
7476where page is the name of the manual page. This will only work if
@@ -90,19 +92,25 @@ will not be correct for your operating system until after you iterate
9092'make install' (so if you're reading a manpage out of the source
9193directory, it may not have up-to-date information).
9294
95+ RELEASE STATUS
96+
97+ Version 4.4.3b1 is a maintenance release of the DHCP client, relay and
98+ server. It is the final release for the client and relay components,
99+ which have reached end-of-life and will no longer be maintained.
100+
93101 BUILDING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION
94102
95103 UNPACKING IT
96104
97105To build the DHCP Distribution, unpack the compressed tar file using
98106the tar utility and the gzip command - type something like:
99107
100- gunzip dhcp-4.4.2-P1 .tar.gz
101- tar xvf dhcp-4.4.2-P1 .tar
108+ gunzip dhcp-4.4.3b1 .tar.gz
109+ tar xvf dhcp-4.4.3b1 .tar
102110
103111 CONFIGURING IT
104112
105- Now, cd to the dhcp-4.4.2-P1 subdirectory that you've just created and
113+ Now, cd to the dhcp-4.4.3b1 subdirectory that you've just created and
106114configure the source tree by typing:
107115
108116 ./configure
@@ -348,7 +356,7 @@ more information, consult the vconfig man pages.
348356 ATF
349357
350358Please see the file DHCP/doc/devel/atf.dox for a description of building
351- and using these tools.
359+ and using these tools.
352360
353361The optional unit tests use ATF (Automated Testing Framework) including
354362the atf-run and atf-report tools. ATF deprecated these tools in
@@ -384,7 +392,7 @@ the dhcp-users or dhcp-announce mailing lists.
384392WHERE TO SEND FEATURE REQUESTS: We like to hear your feedback. We may
385393not respond to it all the time, but we do read it. If ISC DHCP doesn't
386394work well for you, or you have an idea that would improve it for your
387- use, please create an issue at https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/dhcp/issues.
395+ use, please create an issue at https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/dhcp/issues.
388396This is also an excellent place to send patches that add new features.
389397
390398WHERE TO REPORT BUGS: If you want the act of sending in a bug report
@@ -393,17 +401,20 @@ software, you are asking for help. Your bug report is helpful to us,
393401but fundamentally you are making a support request, so please use the
394402addresses described in the previous paragraphs. If you are _sure_ that
395403your problem is a bug, and not user error, or if your bug report
396- includes a patch, you can submit it to our ticketing system at
397- https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/dhcp/issues. If you have not received
404+ includes a patch, you can submit it to our ticketing system at
405+ https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/dhcp/issues. If you have not received
398406a notice that the ticket has been resolved, then we're still working on it.
407+ Notice that this is the final release that features client and relay
408+ components. Reporting bugs in them makes limited sense. The ISC team
409+ will not be fixing any issues related to client or relay. They may be
410+ useful for other users to document some problems or perhaps discuss
411+ and share workarounds.
399412
400413PLEASE DO NOT REPORT BUGS IN OLD SOFTWARE RELEASES! Fetch the latest
401414release and see if the bug is still in that version of the software,
402- and if it is still present, _then_ report it. ISC release versions
403- always have three numbers, for example: 1.2.3. The 'major release' is
404- 1 here, the 'minor release' is 2, and the 'maintenance release' is 3.
405- ISC will accept bug reports against the most recent two major.minor
406- releases: for example, 1.0.0 and 0.9.0, but not 0.8.* or prior.
415+ and if it is still present, _then_ report it. ISC release versions
416+ always have three numbers, for example: 1.2.3. The 'major release' is
417+ 1 here, the 'minor release' is 2, and the 'maintenance release' is 3.
407418
408419PLEASE take a moment to determine where the ISC DHCP distribution
409420that you're using came from. ISC DHCP is sometimes heavily modified
@@ -483,7 +494,8 @@ agent. DHCP 3 was released in October 2001 and included DHCP failover
483494support, OMAPI, Dynamic DNS, conditional behaviour, client classing,
484495and more. Version 3 of the DHCP server was funded by Nominum, Inc.
485496The 4.0 release in December 2007 introduced DHCPv6 protocol support
486- for the server and client.
497+ for the server and client. The client and relay components reached
498+ their End-of-Life in January 2022.
487499
488500This product includes cryptographic software written
489501by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).
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