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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" $Id: dhclient.8,v 1.36 2011/04/15 21:58:12 sar Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2017 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2018 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
.\" Copyright (c) 1996-2003 by Internet Software Consortium
.\"
.\" This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Use a DUID with DHCPv4 clients. If no DUID is available in the
lease file one will be constructed and saved. The DUID will be
used to construct a RFC4361 style client id that will be included
in the client's messages. This client id can be overridden by
-setting a client id in the configuration file. Overridding the
+setting a client id in the configuration file. Overriding the
client id in this fashion is discouraged.
.TP
.BI \-I
@@ -429,6 +429,14 @@ Restore normal address query for IPv6. This implies \fB-6\fR.
It is used to restore normal operation after using \fB-T\fR or \fB-P\fR.
Multiple addresses can be requested with multiple \fB\-N\fR flags.
.TP
+.BI \--address-prefix-len \ length
+Specify the length of the prefix for IPv6 addresses. This value is passed by
+dhclient into the client script via the environment variable, ip6_prefixlen,
+when binding IPv6 addresses. The default value is 128. Alternatively you may
+change the default at compile time by setting DHCLIENT_DEFAULT_PREFIX_LEN in
+includes/site.h.
+.PP
+.TP
.BI \--dad-wait-time \ seconds
Specify maximum time (in seconds) that the client should wait for the
duplicate address detection (DAD) to complete on an interface. This