On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 02:37:53PM +0200, Gregor Schaffrath wrote:
> I found out that the duplicate entries do not stem from a MAC address issue, 
> but from the fact that I use the std. debian /etc/network/interfaces file to 
> set up my bridges... 
> It seems that the bridges are not eliminated from the DB upon shutdown, but 
> the ports are added to the DB once more when the network script adds them to 
> supposedly freshly created bridges.
> (mind that brctl still reports a correct setup, but the DB now contains 
> duplicate Port entries)
> Is this behaviour intended? Is it a known bug?

Are you using ovs-brcompatd, then?  We don't test with ovs-brcompatd
much anymore, and I don't recommend using it.  You are better off using
ovs-vsctl to manipulate the database.

It may be time to remove ovs-brcompatd.

> Nonetheless, my question remains whether one can find out which entry is the 
> correct one in the case of duplicate entries.

When ovs-vsctl gives that warning, it means that there is no correct
entry.
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