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

[Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 05:33:33PM +0100, Axel N�tzold wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 02:51:35PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 08:22:00PM +0100, Axel N???tzold wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 02:06:44PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 07:39:06PM +0100, Axel N??tzold wrote:
> > > > > 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.
The relevant change is this:

-if ! grep -q "line maintained by pppoeconf" $INTFILE ; then
-   sed -i -e 's,provider dsl-provider$,     provider dsl-provider\n# please do 
not modify the following line\n     pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintai
ned by pppoeconf\n,' $INTFILE
-fi
+# old crap, unreliable, does not work after reboot
+# if ! grep -q "line maintained by pppoeconf" $INTFILE ; then
+#    sed -i -e 's,provider dsl-provider$,     provider dsl-provider\n# please d
o not modify the following line\n     pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maint
ained by pppoeconf\n,' $INTFILE
+# fi

So the difficult part is to figure out why it is unreliable, and
didn't work after a reboot; then, a solution should be simple.
Unfortunately I know nothing of linux ppp so I'm not sure I can help
much...though it would be simple enough to write a pre-up line if it
doesn't exist...

Justin