Bug#319832: bridge-utils: cannot handle more than one stanza in /etc/network/interfaces

Sorry, my last message was supposed to be sent to bug #765000...

Bug#319832: bridge-utils: cannot handle more than one stanza in /etc/network/interfaces

Don't know if this we'll help, but I was able to solve some problems with bridges listed in /etc/network/interfaces by replacing "allow-hotplug" by "auto". All my interfaces are auto, like this (simplified here): auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual auto eth1 iface eth1 inet manual a

Bug#319832: bridge-utils: cannot handle more than one stanza in /etc/network/interfaces

I've been hit by this today. One hack that comes to mind to solve the issue where ifdown chokes on the inet6 section because the bridge is already gone would be to process the iface stanzas in reverse order when doing ifdown. Assuming a config that has the inet(+bridge) stanza before the inet6 st

Bug#319832: bridge-utils: cannot handle more than one stanza in /etc/network/interfaces

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Bug#319832: bridge-utils: cannot handle more than one stanza in /etc/network/interfaces

I think the problem comes from thinking that it's reasonable to have two (or more) stanzas per interface. The syntax of /etc/network/interfaces should permit complete configuration of an interface within a single stanza. So, for the moment, the "ugly workaround" is best: iface br0 inet static