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Bug#698381: unblock: ifupdown/0.7.6



Hello,

On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:20:11 +0100
Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:

> > ifupdown (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low
> > 
> >   [ Andrew O. Shadura ]
> >   * Don't configure bridge interfaces as tagged VLAN interfaces
> >     (Closes: #696642).

> Why is this not a configuration bug (using a name with "." for a
> non-vlan interface)?

Because it used to work in squeeze. We don't want to break users'
configurations too much.

> >   * Add "tryonce" option to DHCP-enabled methods (Closes: #694541).

> What's the reason for using -1 in the first place?  Why does this need
> to be an option?

For consistency when bringing interfaces up. Some have other
preferences however, so we have to give them an option to choose.

> >   [ Stéphane Graber ]
> >   * Patches for upstart support from Ubuntu:

> I thought the upstart stuff was sorted a while back?

Unfortunately, that patch was outdated when it was posted already,
which was pointed out by S.G. right after I did the upload.

> >   * Set MTU of tunnel devices (LP: #1074048).

> Is that a regression?

The option doesn't do what it's supposed to do, so effectively the
manual's lying. It's important to have it in the release.

> >   * Actually set the new calculated value for duplicate entries
> >     (LP: #1086517).

> Same question here?

This can cause strange bugs hard to explain and to work around, so we
need that in the release.

-- 
WBR, Andrew

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