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Re: Testing unplugged network connection: bug?



On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 08:34:57PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
> Interestingly, every single response to this thread missed my point.  It's a
> bug that the system checks for a DHCP server on a nonexistent network
> connection.  Telling me how to manually fix it is irrelevant -- it's a bug.

How is it a bug that apparently the system is doing what it's told and
trying to bring up an interface as configured in /etc/network/interfaces?

If you don't want it brought up automatically, then why is eth0 set to
'auto'?

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