diff -ru dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/client.c dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/client.c
--- dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/client.c	2003-01-01 09:24:37.000000000 +0800
+++ dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/client.c	2003-06-17 11:20:35.000000000 +0800
@@ -1076,10 +1076,16 @@
   return &dhcpBound;
 }
 /*****************************************************************************/
-void *dhcpRelease()
+void *dhcpRelease(int deleteCacheFlag)
 {
   struct sockaddr addr;
-  deleteDhcpCache();
+  if ( deleteCacheFlag ) {
+    if ( DebugFlag ) syslog (LOG_DEBUG,"Deleting Dhcp Cache");
+    deleteDhcpCache();
+  } else {
+    if ( DebugFlag ) syslog (LOG_DEBUG,"Not Deleting Dhcp Cache");
+  }
+    
   if ( DhcpIface.ciaddr == 0 ) return &dhcpInit;
 
   buildDhcpRelease(random());
diff -ru dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/client.h dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/client.h
--- dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/client.h	2002-12-31 13:15:33.000000000 +0800
+++ dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/client.h	2003-06-17 11:21:51.000000000 +0800
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 void *dhcpBound();
 void *dhcpRenew();
 void *dhcpRebind();
-void *dhcpRelease();
+void *dhcpRelease(int deleteCacheFlag);
 void *dhcpStop();
 void *dhcpInform();
 #ifdef ARPCHECK
diff -ru dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/dhcpcd.8 dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/dhcpcd.8
--- dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/dhcpcd.8	2003-01-01 09:31:31.000000000 +0800
+++ dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/dhcpcd.8	2003-06-17 13:11:12.000000000 +0800
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .in +.5i
 .ti -.5i
 dhcpcd
-\%[\-dknrBCDHNRSTY]
+\%[\-dknrzBCDHNRSTY]
 \%[\-t\ <timeout>]
 \%[\-c\ <ExecFilePath>]
 \%[-h\ <hostname>]
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 receives
 .B SIGHUP
 it will send
-.B DCHP_RELEASE
+.B DHCP_RELEASE
 message to the server and destroy dhcpcd cache. In a case
 .B dhcpcd
 receives
@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@
 from DHCP server which was assigned before the
 system went down.
 .TP
+.BI \-z
+Sends
+.B SIGUSR1
+signal to the 
+.B dhcpcd
+process that is currently running. If
+.B dhcpcd
+receives
+.B SIGUSR1
+it will send
+.B DHCP_RELEASE
+message to the server
+.B without
+destroying the dhcpcd cache.
+.TP
 .BI \-n
 Sends
 .B SIGALRM
diff -ru dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/dhcpcd.c dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/dhcpcd.c
--- dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/dhcpcd.c	2003-01-01 09:26:32.000000000 +0800
+++ dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/dhcpcd.c	2003-06-17 11:07:34.000000000 +0800
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@
 	    s++;
 	    killFlag=SIGALRM;
 	    goto prgs;
+	  case 'z':
+	    s++;
+	    killFlag=SIGUSR1;
+	    goto prgs;
 	  case 'd':
 	    s++;
 	    DebugFlag=1;
@@ -325,7 +329,7 @@
           default:
 usage:	    print_version();
 	    fprintf(stderr,
-"Usage: dhcpcd [-dknrBCDHNRSTY] [-l leasetime] [-h hostname] [-t timeout]\n\
+"Usage: dhcpcd [-dknrzBCDHNRSTY] [-l leasetime] [-h hostname] [-t timeout]\n\
        [-i vendorClassID] [-I ClientID] [-c filename] [-s [ipaddr]]\n\
        [-w windowsize] [-L ConfigDir] [-G [gateway]] [interface]\n");
 	    exit(1);
diff -ru dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/dhcpconfig.c dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/dhcpconfig.c
--- dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/dhcpconfig.c	2002-12-30 06:05:44.000000000 +0800
+++ dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/dhcpconfig.c	2003-06-17 13:46:31.000000000 +0800
@@ -334,6 +334,16 @@
     ((unsigned char *)&DhcpIface.ciaddr)[1],
     ((unsigned char *)&DhcpIface.ciaddr)[2],
     ((unsigned char *)&DhcpIface.ciaddr)[3]);
+
+  /* In the case where machine dies for some reason, resolv.conf.sv would
+   * not have been restored to original glory
+   */
+  if ( 1+rename(""RESOLV_CONF".sv",RESOLV_CONF) ) {
+    if ( DebugFlag ) syslog (LOG_DEBUG, "Restored resolv.conf.sv from improper shutdown");
+  } else {
+    if ( DebugFlag ) syslog (LOG_DEBUG, "No resolv.conf.sv to restore");
+  }
+
   if ( ReplResolvConf )
     {
       resolv_renamed=1+rename(RESOLV_CONF,""RESOLV_CONF".sv");
diff -ru dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/signals.c dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/signals.c
--- dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4-orig/signals.c	2002-01-21 06:51:46.000000000 +0800
+++ dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4/signals.c	2003-06-17 11:29:10.000000000 +0800
@@ -114,13 +114,15 @@
   else
     {
       if ( sig == SIGHUP ) 
-	{
-	  dhcpRelease();
-	  /* allow time for final packets to be transmitted before shutting down     */
-	  /* otherwise 2.0 drops unsent packets. fixme: find a better way than sleep */
-	  sleep(1);
-	}
-	syslog(LOG_ERR,"terminating on signal %d\n",sig);
+	/* Dhcp release with Cache file deletion */
+        dhcpRelease(1);
+      else if ( sig == SIGUSR1)
+        /* Dhcp release without Cache file deletion */
+        dhcpRelease(0);
+      /* allow time for final packets to be transmitted before shutting down     */
+      /* otherwise 2.0 drops unsent packets. fixme: find a better way than sleep */
+      sleep(1);
+      syslog(LOG_ERR,"terminating on signal %d\n",sig);
     }
   dhcpStop();
   deletePidFile();