On Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:14:25 PM Stéphane Graber wrote: > On 01/31/2012 10:04 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > When I install non-security post-release updates, I generally read > > the changelog entries so I have an idea what's changed on my > > system. It would be nice if there could be some text that actually > > explains what's going on. I don't find this very helpful: > > > > ifupdown (0.7~alpha5.1ubuntu5.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low > > > > * Cherry pick fixes for label handling from upstream git (LP: > > #876829): - > > http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/collab-maint/ifupdown/rev/100d6f75b985 > > - http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/collab-maint/ifupdown/rev/2d171c8da8e5 > > > - > > http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/collab-maint/ifupdown/rev/f9cef973859e > > - http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/collab-maint/ifupdown/rev/80a68bbbd45d > > > * Update test suite accordingly. > > > > I'm sure there are others, but this one I just hit, so I'm > > mentioning it as an example of what I think is a problem that's not > > very rare. I don't mean to call out any individuals. > > > > Scott K > > Hi Scott, > > Sorry for the cryptic changelog. I probably should have explained what > a "label" is at least so that the changelog entry would make more sense. > > In this specific example, the issue was ifupdown completely failing to > set the labels on the addresses added to an interface. > > auto eth0:0 > iface eth0:0 inet static > address 192.168.254.100 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > Where ":0" is the label wouldn't create "eth0:0" in Oneiric but > instead add "192.168.254.100" to the current "eth0" interface. When > bringing down that "label" (so eth0:0), it'd unconfigure the whole > "eth0" interface breaking networking. > > The commits cherry-picked form upstream make sure every call to "ip" > have the "label" option set and also fixes "ifdown eth0:0" bringing > "eth0" down.
Thanks. I think this is something we all need to be more mindful of when preparing post-release updates. I know I've been guilty as well. Scott K -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
