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authorDavid Hankins <dhankins@isc.org>2007-05-08 23:05:22 +0000
committerDavid Hankins <dhankins@isc.org>2007-05-08 23:05:22 +0000
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Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Distribution
- Version 3.1.0a1
- August 1, 2006
+ Version 4.0.0-2007041300
+ April 13, 2007
README FILE
+ **********************************************************************
+ *** This is NOT a public release, and should not be redistributed. ***
+ **********************************************************************
+
You should read this file carefully before trying to install or use
the ISC DHCP Distribution.
@@ -92,24 +96,18 @@ directory, it may not have up-to-date information).
RELEASE STATUS
-This is the first ALPHA quality release of ISC DHCP 3.1.0, a feature
-release based upon the work present in the 3.0.x development track.
-It contains a large number of new features, and with that most likely
-many new bugs.
+This is a snapshot release of work leading up to the first alpha
+of ISC DHCP 4.0.0, a feature release bent to the purpose of implemeting
+DHCPv6.
In this release, the server and relay agent are currently fully
-functional on NetBSD, Linux systems with kernel version 2.2 or later,
-FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, Digital Tru64 Unix and Solaris. The software
-will also run on AIX and HP-UX, but only supports a single network
-interface. Ports also exist for QNX, SCO, NeXTStep, and MacOS X, but
-are not in wide use, with all that implies. We are not aware of an
-easy way to get this software running on HP-UX.
+functional on Linux, and Solaris. The software may also runon other
+systems.
The DHCP client currently only knows how to configure the network on
-NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/os, Linux, Solaris and NextStep. The
-client depends on a system-dependent shell script to do network
-configuration - support for other operating systems is simply a matter
-of porting this shell script to the new platform.
+Linux. The client depends on a system-dependent shell script to do
+network configuration - support for other operating systems is simply
+a matter of porting this shell script to the new platform.
If you are running the DHCP distribution on a machine which is a
firewall, or if there is a firewall between your DHCP server(s) and
@@ -138,13 +136,13 @@ information. On Digital Unix, type ``man pfilt''.
To build the DHCP Distribution, unpack the compressed tar file using
the tar utility and the gzip command - type something like:
- gunzip dhcp-3.1.0a1.tar.gz
- tar xvf dhcp-3.1.0a1.tar
+ gunzip dhcp-4.0.0-2007041300.tar.gz
+ tar xvf dhcp-4.0.0-2007041300.tar
CONFIGURING IT
-Now, cd to the dhcp-3.1.0a1 subdirectory that you've just created and
-configure the source tree by typing:
+Now, cd to the dhcp-dhcp-4.0.0-2007041300 subdirectory that you've
+just created and configure the source tree by typing:
./configure