Public bug reported: I have a modified Ubuntu netboot image that uses dash instead of BusyBox sh as /bin/sh in the initrd.
Starting with Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial, netcfg fails to automatically configure the network interface during netboot in my configuration. Instead I will be presented with a menu pop-up where I have to manually select the network interface before the netboot can continue. Since having dash as /bin/sh in the netboot initrd worked previously in Ubuntu 15.10, I was able to bisect this issue to this upstream dash commit between 0.5.7 and 0.5.8 (http://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/dash/dash.git/commit/?id=46d3c1a614f11f0d40a7e73376359618ff07abcd). However, since netcfg doesn't work with bash either, this could be a netcfg bug that just happens to work with BusyBox sh. I can reproduce this issue with the latest Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety netboot installer as well. ** Affects: netcfg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1617484 Title: netcfg does not configure network with dash or bash as /bin/sh To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcfg/+bug/1617484/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
