sorry - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605579 is the bugzilla url for the if-down.d bug.
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Mark Hedges wrote: > > Hi. Apologies for the mass mail, I'm writing because you > maintain Debian packages that install scripts in > /etc/network/if-*.d/. > > network-manager in Squeeze has broken the behavior of > scripts in these directories. Since it is the choice by > default in the default desktop, it seems important. > > if-pre-up.d and if-post-down.d are no longer processed at > all: > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600167 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=518368 > > if-down.d is called after the interface has already been > taken down, so scripts there no longer have access to the > network, if they needed it: > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600167 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=562811 > > (According to ifupdown, that is what the post-down phase is > supposed to do.) > > The primary engineer is Dan Williams, who works for RedHat. > It does seem suspicious to me that this change slipped by > without even a mention in the changelog. I asked on the > list but got no response. I wrote hime directly about the > first bug, just asking for his thoughts, and he didn't > answer. > > The detailed control over phases provided by ifupdown > enables developers to create novel applications especially > for laptops and mobile devices. I think it's also important > for security to restrict iptables before the interface comes > up. > > If you'd care to chime in on the bugzilla.gnome.org bugs, > I'm sure it would help restore these features that Debian > (and Ubuntu) packages have come to depend on. > > Thanks. --mark-- > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
