Package: net-tools Version: 1.60-23 Severity: minor I tried to configure my ethernet controler (eth0) to setup static IPv6 addresses. I used "netmask ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::", but ifup uses:
ifconfig eth0 add 2a01:e35:8a04:25b0:216:76ff:feab:79ed/ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: which is incorrect: ifconfig doesn't support a mask as a IPv6 netmask. The result is that my interface has the address (network): 2a01:e35:8a04:25b0:216:76ff:feab:79ed/0. The right syntax is "netmask 64" which uses: ifconfig eth0 add 2a01:e35:8a04:25b0:216:76ff:feab:79ed/64 My problem is that ifconfig doesn't report the invalid syntax error. There are differents ways to fix this issue: * ifconfig should use strtol() instead to atol() to catch conversion errors. ifconfig already uses strtoll() for other parameters! * ifup could check for invalid syntax in the interfaces file * ifup should use "ip" program instead of the old buggy "ifconfig" program But I prefer the first solution because most people still use ifconfig program. I tried to write a patch, but I realized that net-tools doesn't compile without Debian patches!? Then I tried to find the homepage (which is very hard, Debian bug #530712 -Please add Homepage field to control- is still open), which is http://net-tools.berlios.de/. And the website told me that the bugtracker is the Debian bug tracker. So here I am. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages net-tools depends on: ii libc6 2.9-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries net-tools recommends no packages. net-tools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
