* Deprecate (undocument) "--exclude" option.The "exclude" feature is being used by netbase to exclude lo from the list of interfaces to deconfigure at shutdown time. Does the deprecation of "--exclude" imply that the "allow" feature should be used instead? I.e., should netbase do ifdown -a --allow=auto-down
No, because as you point out, that'd give incorrect behaviour. I think it'd be better to do something like:
$ ifdown -a --disallow=leave-up $ grep leave-up /etc/network/interfaces allow-leave-up lo
or so, but I haven't come up with what I think are good names for it.
Either way, --exclude'll stay around for a while yet (certainly for sarge), so there's no need for netbase to change. I'm using deprecate to mean "shouldn't be used in new software", not "should be ripped out of existing software".
I don't understand why you've filed this question as a bug :)
Cheers, aj
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