Public bug reported: Running ifup manually with my network configuration gives this error:
# ifup --verbose eth0 Configuring interface eth0=eth0 (inet6) run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ethtool run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant modprobe -q net-pf-10 > /dev/null 2>&1 || true # ignore failure. sysctl -q -e -w net.ipv6.conf.eth0.use_tempaddr=2 sysctl -q -e -w net.ipv6.conf.eth0.accept_ra=2 sysctl -q -e -w net.ipv6.conf.eth0.autoconf=1 ip link set dev eth0 up run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose /etc/network/if-up.d run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/000resolvconf run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/00check-network-cable /etc/network/if-up.d/00check-network-cable: 72: local: detected:: bad variable name run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/00check-network-cable exited with return code 2 Failed to bring up eth0 Running 00check-network-cable with dash -x shows what's happening: # IFACE=eth0 dash -x 00check-network-cable + rc=/etc/default/network-test + [ ! -r /etc/default/network-test ] [snip] + check_status_ethtool + local status=0 + grep Link detected + /sbin/ethtool eth0 + local LINK= Link detected: yes 00check-network-cable: 72: local: detected:: bad variable name The code is saying to define a local variable called "detected:"; this name comes from the output of the grep in line 72. The solution is to declare LINK and assign to it in separate steps, which I do in the attached patch. I also remove the "true" (:) command from the original: local LINK=$($ETHTOOL "$IFACE" 2>&1 | grep "Link detected" || :) because it serves no purpose, as far as I can see. (See also Debian bug 758798: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=758798 ) ** Affects: ifupdown-extra (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Patch added: "00check-network-cable.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1397965/+attachment/4272043/+files/00check-network-cable.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1397965 Title: 00check-network-cable fails with bad variable name To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown-extra/+bug/1397965/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
