Ubuntu
ifupdown package

  1. Bug #1017166
  2. Activity log

Activity log for bug #1017166

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2012-06-24 14:42:26 Clint Byrum bug added bug
2012-06-24 14:45:38 Clint Byrum bug added subscriber Stéphane Graber
2012-06-24 14:45:47 Clint Byrum bug added subscriber Steve Langasek
2012-06-24 14:45:53 Clint Byrum bug added subscriber Scott Moser
2012-06-24 14:46:13 Clint Byrum tags regression-release
2012-06-25 18:56:05 Brian Murray ifupdown (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2012-06-28 20:49:23 Stéphane Graber ifupdown (Ubuntu): status New Won't Fix
2012-06-28 22:20:21 Stéphane Graber ifupdown (Ubuntu): status Won't Fix Triaged
2012-06-28 22:20:22 Stéphane Graber ifupdown (Ubuntu): importance High Wishlist
2012-06-29 15:25:33 Scott Moser description If i have a server which has a management-only interface which is usually down, in versions of Ubuntu before 11.10, I could configure that ethernet interface in /etc/network/interfaces, and dhclient would try forever to get an address. I believe this is a regression that was introduced in the fix for bug #838968 , where the '-1' parameter was introduced to dhclient3's invocation in ifupdown. While I do think we should report errors, we should also retry this *forever* since it may be the only way a system can be reached *to see that error*. If i have a server which has a management-only interface which is usually down, in versions of Ubuntu before 11.10, I could configure that ethernet interface in /etc/network/interfaces, and dhclient would try forever to get an address. I believe this is a regression that was introduced in the fix for bug #838968 , where the '-1' parameter was introduced to dhclient3's invocation in ifupdown. While I do think we should report errors, we should also retry this *forever* since it may be the only way a system can be reached *to see that error*. Related bugs: * bug 838968: static-network-up event does not wait for interfaces to have an address * bug 974284: invoking dhclient3 with -1 causes issue if no dhcp server available
2012-08-14 06:05:34 Chetan Mehrotra bug added subscriber Chetan Mehrotra
2015-11-09 20:19:00 Stéphane Graber removed subscriber Stéphane Graber