On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 02:25:35PM +0100, Jeroen Massar wrote: > > Ok, tried it with and without these settings, but on a fresh install > > setting the IPv6 address, netmask and gateway just works as expected, > > both on Debian stable and unstable. > > Did you try at-boot or post-boot?
Both. > > Actually, even if you don't explicitly specify accept_ra in /e/n/i, ifup > > will set accept_ra and autoconf to 0 before configuring the IPv6 part of > > the interface. > > Before should be good as then the reset behavior of some version of the > kernel don't happen. When was that behavior (setting accept_ra) > introduced btw? That was introduced in version 0.7.53. commit aa9b12d76a8cc3fb919fc64d624a45f3eca86444 Author: Andrew Shadura <[email protected]> Date: Tue Mar 10 23:42:42 2015 +0100 Default accept_ra to 0 when gateway is set (Closes: #775660) > Doing ifdown/ifup works after boot.... > > I think a systemd/sysv kind of race might be involved actually. > > That specific box did not switch to systemd yet (just has the lib > packages), and still is using sysv-rc. Ah. Well, I'll try it with sysv-rc and/or meddling with sysctl manually after boot myself. -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen <[email protected]>
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