Bug#1110507: release-notes: Document that dhcpcd-base doesn't require separate inet/inet6 lines in /etc/network/interfaces

Martin-Éric Racine <[email protected]> Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:22:51 +0300

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Starting with Trixie, dhcpcd-base replaces isc-dhcp-client as the default DHCP client used by ifupdown. The key difference is that dhcpcd handles both IPv4 and IPv6 stacks, so /etc/network/interfaces doesn't require separate inet and inet6 lines.

See /usr/share/doc/dhcpcd-base/NEWS.Debian.gz for details.

Martin-Éric