NM should notice changes to /etc/network/interfaces automatically
Bug #61089 reported by
Mika Fischer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Baltix) |
Fix Released
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High
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Mantas Kriaučiūnas | ||
network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
When I have NM running and configure a static connection via network-admin or directly via /etc/network/
NM should notice changes to /etc/network/
Changed in network-manager: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in network-manager: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in network-manager (Baltix): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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Please test and review this patch. interfaces is monitored and the device list rebuilt whenever /e/n/i is changed. The currently active device is kept active unless it has been disabled. patches/ 18_monitor_ eni.patch and rebuild the package).
/etc/network/
It uses inotify directly and not libgnomevfs since network-manager doesn't depend on gnome.
The patch is meant to be applied after the patches in debian/patches/ (eg you can just drop it in debian/