On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 00:04 +0200, Andrew Shadura wrote: > Hello, > > On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:32:03 +0100 > Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > > > > 3) ifupdown integration is really bad > > > ifupdown is really a good framework, it offers hooks and and is > > > properly integrated in many packages. > > > ifupdown *was* a good framework, but Linux moved on. ifupdown doesn't > > know anything about interface state. > > Why should it? It's a configuration tool, not a monitoring one. If > monitoring is needed, a different tool can be developed which would > perfectly integrate into ifupdown... but nobody has needed that yet? [...] What I mean is that this still happens: # ifup eth0 ... # ifconfig eth0 down # ifup eth0 ifup: interface eth0 already configured People talk about how ifupdown works well with other configuration tools, unlike Network Manager. But it doesn't, it only knows how to undo the configuration specified in /etc/network/interfaces. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. - Anne Morrow Lindberg
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