Bug#854801: Network Manager, Stretch and ipv6
On 05/26/2017 06:33 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> (2017-05-23):
>> Control: severity 854801 serious
>> Control: reassign 854801 netcfg
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> This is https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854801
>>
>> Since this issue is now cropping up regularly, I'd say it's something
>> which needs to be fixed for stretch, thus marking the bug as RC.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Michael
>
> This issue is indeed (too) well known, but I need to grow a better
> understanding of various IPv6 configurations to get this fixed properly
> in stable suites. (I'm making progress on this front but I have a few
> busy weeks in front of me before getting back to this.)
>
> In any case, this feels like something that might need to wait until
> after r0 (can-defer in release team speak IIRC, cc'd).
>
IMO we should change d-i/netcfg to just never install rdnssd. I guess
that might negatively impact systems on ipv6-only networks that don't
have any other means to pick up name servers, but that seems strictly
better than installing a package which conflicts with NM.
Cheers,
Julien
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