line 1280 of autoipd's main.c: "else if (event == EVENT_ROUTABLE_ADDR_CONFIGURED)" is missing '&& !force_bind' in the conditional. The lack of this condition causes the local link IP to be released even if the --force-bind arugment is passed.
The problem was noticed when attempting to use avahi-autoipd acquire a link-local address during the early-userspace in a Linux initramfs. Immediately after the call-out script assinged the ll-address to the device, the daemon released the address via this conditional. It's suspicious that the daemon would consider this address "routable" but, even if it were, --force-bind should prevent the address from being released.
After adding the && !force_bind to the conditional the daemon appeard to behave as expected.
kernel = 2.6.24
