Bug#351540: zeroconf overwrites static ip address for eth0

2006-02-26 Thread Peter Salisbury
Package: zeroconf
Followup-For: Bug #351540

zeroconf was installed automatically and caused various network 
problems because it overwrites the ip address and broadcast address 
for eth0.
This interface was configured in /etc/network/interfaces as static so 
should not be overwritten. 
Installing zeroconf should give a warning if this is the expected 
behaviour.
Because it was installed automatically (via a recommends) it took me a 
long while to find the problem.

ATB, Peter

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Bug#351540: zeroconf overwrites static ip address for eth0

2006-02-26 Thread peterthevicar
Package: zeroconf
Followup-For: Bug #351540

zeroconf was installed automatically and caused various network 
problems because it overwrites the ip address and broadcast address 
for eth0.
This interface was configured in /etc/network/interfaces as static so 
should not be overwritten. 
Installing zeroconf should give a warning if this is the expected 
behaviour.
Because it was installed automatically (via a recommends) it took me a 
long while to find the problem.

ATB, Peter

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)


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Bug#351540: zeroconf overwrites static ip address for eth0

2006-02-26 Thread Anand Kumria
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 02:16:03PM +, Peter Salisbury wrote:
 Package: zeroconf
 Followup-For: Bug #351540
 
 zeroconf was installed automatically and caused various network 
 problems because it overwrites the ip address and broadcast address 
 for eth0.
 This interface was configured in /etc/network/interfaces as static so 
 should not be overwritten. 
 Installing zeroconf should give a warning if this is the expected 
 behaviour.
 Because it was installed automatically (via a recommends) it took me a 
 long while to find the problem.
 
zeroconf never overwrites information; it only adds an address.

If you are using 'ifconfig' to determine address information be aware
that ifconfig will frequently *not* report things.

You are better off using 'ip addr'.

Anand

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