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--- Begin Message ---Package: ifupdown Version: 0.6.4-4.10 Severity: wishlist Hello, after adding the missing cable test to guessnet, it became clear that there may be cases in which the best action for "ifup <interface>" may be not to bring up the interface at all, possibly returning a "failed" error code and printing a message to stdout. I thus suggest implementing a new "fail" stanza that leaves the interface down, returns a "failed" error code and optionally prints a message. For example, I could have this in my interfaces file: iface stanza-name fail message "Error: link not detected." test missing-cable And then, if the cable is not plugged, I could have this interaction: # ifup eth0 Error: link not detected. # And the command produces no effect at all (i.e., it leaves the interface down and does not update ifstate). Ciao, Enrico -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686-smp Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8@euro, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8@euro Versions of packages ifupdown depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.38 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii net-tools 1.60-10 The NET-3 networking toolkit -- debconf information: * ifupdown/convert-interfaces: true
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 0.8 Ifupdown now checks the exit code of any scripts it runs. If a script fails during ifup, the interface is not brought up. So you can now do something like: iface foo inet dhcp pre-up false And running "ifup foo" will now abort with an error. You can of course replace "false" with a script that checks whether a cable is plugged into the network card, for example. -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen <[email protected]>
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