From: Alex Henrie <alexh@vpitech.com>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 20:01:53 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: network: clarify the relationship between DHCP= and WithoutRA=
X-Git-Tag: v251-rc3~46^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6e40d0e458edf9c7227a31db72633f7069b07d76;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git

network: clarify the relationship between DHCP= and WithoutRA=

Just setting DHCP=ipv6 is not enough to get DHCPv6 working without RA.
The WithoutRA option must also be changed from its default of "no".
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diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index ac8cd1342d7..c2ce1b1d694 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -328,9 +328,10 @@
           <literal>no</literal>.</para>
 
           <para>Note that DHCPv6 will by default be triggered by Router Advertisement, if that is
-          enabled, regardless of this parameter. By enabling DHCPv6 support explicitly, the DHCPv6
-          client will be started regardless of the presence of routers on the link, or what flags the
-          routers pass. See <literal>IPv6AcceptRA=</literal>.</para>
+          enabled, regardless of this parameter. By explicitly enabling DHCPv6 support here, the
+          DHCPv6 client will be started in the mode specified by the <variable>WithoutRA=</variable>
+          setting in the [DHCPv6] section, regardless of the presence of routers on the link, or
+          what flags the routers pass. See <literal>IPv6AcceptRA=</literal>.</para>
 
           <para>Furthermore, note that by default the domain name specified through DHCP is not used
           for name resolution. See option <option>UseDomains=</option> below.</para>