Bug#356561: pppoeconf: does not insert the pre-up line in /etc/network/interfaces

[Axel Nötzold <axel.noetzold@gmx.de>]

Package: pppoeconf
Version: 1.9
Severity: important



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-kanotix-8
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages pppoeconf depends on:
ii  gettext-base                  0.14.5-2   GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  ppp                           2.4.4b1-1  Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daem
ii  pppoe                         3.5-4      PPP over Ethernet driver
ii  sed                           4.1.4-5    The GNU sed stream editor
ii  whiptail [whiptail-provider]  0.51.6-31  Displays user-friendly dialog boxe

Versions of packages pppoeconf recommends:
ii  locales                       2.3.6-3    GNU C Library: National Language (

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The line "pre-up /usr/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up" in /etc/network/interfaces
is not inserted by pppoeconf. Therefore, the network will be down at boot.
In my second system (Sarge) pppoeconf make that properly.

Furthermore, if pppoeconf will be used a second time, a redundant "auto eth0" part
will be inserted in /etc/network/interfaces - rendering the file unusable for
the startscripts. Similar to the first problem, this occures only in sid and
not in sarge.