[Bug 192413] libdhcp : IPv6 and IPv4 DHCP client and network configuration library API

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Summary: libdhcp : IPv6 and IPv4 DHCP client and network configuration library API


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------- Additional Comments From jvdias at redhat.com  2006-05-26 14:13 EST -------
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patch against anaconda 11.1.0.21 to make loader2 use libdhcp

There is now a slot-in pump replacement header file and a pump-compatible API 
in libdhcp-1.2 . 

Please check out the 'test_pump_static.c' and 'test_pump_dhcp.c' in the
/usr/share/doc/libdhcp-1.2/examples directory from the libdhcp installation
for examples of using the pump compatibility API - just type 'make' in that
directory to build them. Running them under valgrind reports 0 errors or
memory leaks.

The first stab at the Doxygen documentation is now shipped in 
/usr/share/doc/libdhcp-*/html - this is still work in progress,
and I hope to submit updated Doxygen documentation later today.

Here is a patch against the latest anaconda-11.1.0.21 source to allow loader2
to compile and link with libdhcp .  The one missing piece in the current FC-6
distro is a static /usr/lib/libnl.a - I've mailed Chris Aillon a patch to 
make libnl build a static version of itself in libnl-devel, and I hope to get
this built later today.

If using libnl is a major stumbling block, removing its use altogether from
libdhcp would not be difficult - libdhcp only uses the lowest level libnl API
for raw message building / sending - I removed any use of the libnl cache from
libdhcp to avoid the memory leaks and valgrind errors that resulted. 
But having libnl support in libdhcp I think is a good idea since it allows 
users to do much more with libdhcp, eg. set queue disciplines / firewall rules
that are not catered for by libdhcp alone.

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