reassign 550014 netbase thanks Actually, since this is about /etc/init.d/networking (which is responsible of setting up the network through ifup), I should have reported the bug against netbase, but this isn't really clear...
I think that the user expects that interfaces with allow-hotplug in /etc/network/interfaces be brought up when they are physically available. Either /etc/init.d/networking should take care of that by executing "ifup --allow=hotplug ..." as the interfaces(5) says: Lines beginning with "allow-" are used to identify interfaces that should be brought up automatically by various subsystems. This may be done using a command such as "ifup --allow=hotplug eth0 eth1", which will only bring up eth0 or eth1 if it is listed in an "allow-hotplug" line. Note that "allow-auto" and "auto" are synonyms. (but according to bug 550240, which is about a similar problem, it won't) or netbase should at least suggest a package that handles allow-hotplug; in theory it could be ifplugd, but it doesn't work as expected at boot time (bugs 204499, 407349, 432612 and 550019). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
