Package: ifupdown Version: 0.8.44 X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected], [email protected] Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Control: submitter -1 [email protected]
Hi Mike, On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 08:05:11AM -0600, [email protected] wrote: > mike@RPI2:~> uname -a > Linux MikesPI 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1 > (2025-09-16) aarch64 GNU/Linux Is this on pure Debian or a derivative? What version of ifupdown? > apt install ifupdown over wrote /etc/network/interfaces replacing this: > > # /etc/network/interfaces Sun 7 Apr. 2024 18:26 mc > source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* > > auto lo eth0 > # iface lo inet loopback > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.1.2 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1 > > with this: > > # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) > # Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d: > source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* > > without even backing up the original. > I'd suggest that is but in your install script. We have the following in postinst: if [ "$1" = "configure" ] ; then # We don't need loopback interface definition anymore as # ifupdown handles loopback interface on its own from now if [ ! -f /etc/network/interfaces ] ; then if [ -z "$2" ]; then echo "Creating /etc/network/interfaces." echo "# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)" > /etc/network/interfaces echo "# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:" >> /etc/network/interfaces echo "source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*" >> /etc/network/interfaces else report_warn "/etc/network/interfaces does not exist" fi fi fi [ -z "$2" ] is true if we're installing for the first time, not upgrading which I gather was also true in your case? [ ! -f /etc/network/interfaces ] should protect an existing config file here. This being an on an embedded plantform I wouldn't discount random bitflip as being the underlying cause ;-) but really we need more clues. Can you reproduce the problem? --Daniel
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