I just did an upgrade, and laptop-net caused my network interface to disappear. This is documented here:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=195752 laptop-net restarts network interfaces when it is upgraded. This is *nasty*. If you are upgrading over a network, this causes your controlling terminal to disappear, leaving dpkg hung. If other packages are being upgraded at the same time, this can leave the entire system in an unusable state. Furthermore, if the network restart fails for some reason, the entire box is essentially killed: $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] ssh: connect to host fliplid port 22: No route to host I'm *FURIOUS* that this bug has caused me to lose access to my laptop, and incredulous that THIS HAS BEEN A BUG FOR THREE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... especially because it's configured to just leave the network interface alone when it's working. It's only supposed to drop/raise connections when the cable is unplugged/plugged in. *sigh* Looking at the bug's history it seems like they've tried to fix it a few times and failed. I guess I'm going to purge this package and just do an ifdown/ifup manually when I need to from now on. But yeah, I'm not in an official position to say, but if this isn't considered a "critical" or at least "grave" bug, then I don't know what is. - Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
