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--- Begin Message ---Package: bridge-utils Version: 1.4-3 Following the documentation in /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/bridge and bridge-utils-interfaces(5) it does not really explain very well how to use a bridge interface on a system which has existing interfaces. For example, if a system has an eth0 interface and a wlan0 wireless interface, and wants to be able to bridge one, both, or none of them at different times depending upon their location, its not clear what one is supposed to do. It appears that when stanzas in /etc/network/interfaces such as: allow-hotplug eth0 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.0.0.40 netmask 255.0.0.0 # network 10.0.0.0 # broadcast 10.0.0.255 gateway 10.0.0.1 auto br0 iface br0 inet static address 10.0.0.40 network 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 broadcast 10.255.255.255 gateway 10.0.0.1 # bridge_ports all bridge_ports eth0 bridge_fd 9 bridge_hello 2 bridge_maxage 12 bridge_stp off bridge_maxwait 5 the br0 interface replaces eth0 as the primary active interface on the system. Ifconfig will show eth0 with no configured address. This is a bit confusing. Also, it is not clear what effect udev has on all of this due to its rule for eth0 in /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules which recognizes the card according to its MAC address. Should this entry be removed? When a second card, such as a wireless card, exists on the system it gets even more confusing. There may be circumstances when the wireless interface is the primary interface on the system, and it is not clear how to easily reconfigure the bridge to use it instead of eth0. Also, it appears that sometimes the wireless interface is inoperable when br0 is present. Is it possible to provide more clear documentation and perhaps a way to use debconf or a dedicated script to help manage bridged interfaces on the system?
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--- Begin Message ---Source: bridge-utils Source-Version: 1.4-5 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of bridge-utils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: bridge-utils_1.4-5.diff.gz to pool/main/b/bridge-utils/bridge-utils_1.4-5.diff.gz bridge-utils_1.4-5.dsc to pool/main/b/bridge-utils/bridge-utils_1.4-5.dsc bridge-utils_1.4-5_amd64.deb to pool/main/b/bridge-utils/bridge-utils_1.4-5_amd64.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Santiago Garcia Mantinan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated bridge-utils package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:41 +0200 Source: bridge-utils Binary: bridge-utils Architecture: source amd64 Version: 1.4-5 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Santiago Garcia Mantinan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Santiago Garcia Mantinan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: bridge-utils - Utilities for configuring the Linux Ethernet bridge Closes: 488313 496491 Changes: bridge-utils (1.4-5) unstable; urgency=low . * Try to fix the lack of bridge/ on the sysfs paths. Closes: 496491. * Add a comment on the bridge-utils-interfaces manpage about the misusage of stanzas for the bridge ports in the interfaces file. Closes: #488313. Checksums-Sha1: 26fd54d06302fea0e784e8af091db12e72f6777c 991 bridge-utils_1.4-5.dsc 7e26082a65997553d8f27612596a63b8249f4793 13532 bridge-utils_1.4-5.diff.gz 7011d5dc4f0a1663fa3666fca68a0e6c9a4a4b01 32700 bridge-utils_1.4-5_amd64.deb Checksums-Sha256: 34f130240bb73f48e0d36647c54e2d1d1dcae10bd4bb7eae35e1791446c38cbe 991 bridge-utils_1.4-5.dsc bb473bad2d1be1ecfafa6dd72c35b15c838670f90b94cd0168a765db47c962b6 13532 bridge-utils_1.4-5.diff.gz dae9d887e3ad12df5a29c180c4f962f64a6e1b7421866a3869f75639150e12f8 32700 bridge-utils_1.4-5_amd64.deb Files: b1e61d941910d20a2a8a2e76a4265045 991 net optional bridge-utils_1.4-5.dsc f0ebf67734a2b79bfe01a904f192fcf8 13532 net optional bridge-utils_1.4-5.diff.gz 9d0ef5ccf75218fe46e3eadb9aee6df3 32700 net optional bridge-utils_1.4-5_amd64.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAki1ygAACgkQcv3CBfajKo5HAgCguitpB66nLwbsyItrVwM1OCkX viQAoMqRq7VzdAWKwNd+3SY9Q31Tkjgu =kBj5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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