Package: ifupdown Version: 0.6.8 Severity: important Problem: "ifdown -a" uses the statefile, located at "/etc/network/run/ifstate", to bring all configured interfaces down. It downs them using the order they appear in this file. This will cause errors if one uses VLANs or alias-devices, because they are defined after the physical interface they belong to.
Example: iface eth0 static inet ... iface eth0:1 static inet ... ifdown -a would first down eth0, then tries eth0:1 which is already gone. Solution: Simply let 'ifdown -a' use interfaces named in ifstate in reverse order. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages ifupdown depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.1-23.2etch1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii net-tools 1.60-17 The NET-3 networking toolkit ifupdown recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
