AFAICT it isn't ifupdown's fault, all ifupdown is doing is running "ip
addr add" which will indeed get a "File exists" from the kernel if the
IP already exists as can be seen here:
root@castiana:~# ip addr add dev wlan0 10.155.2.159/21
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
Marking the bug Invalid for ifupdown. Ifupdown itself doesn't do any direct
netlink call and so can't do detailed error handling (trying to keep things
simple), as that string comes from the kernel, there isn't much we can do.
** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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SIOCADDRT error message misinforms user
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