Hello, On Wed, 22 May 2013 22:13:21 +0100 Matthew Foulkes <m.foul...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Since ifupdown 0.7.43 entered testing, I have noticed "ifup -v lo" and > "ifdown -v lo" attempting to bring the loopback interface up/down > twice. Please elaborate that. I have specifically changed the internal definition of the loopback interface so that it is *not* brought up twice. If that's not working, it must be a bug. > Unless ifup/ifdown can be made smarter about dealing with multiple > definitions, perhaps you should recommend that all mention of lo be > omitted from /etc/network/interfaces from now on? The documentation > available via "man interfaces" and in /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples > would need changing to reflect this. I don't think that's needed. New systems won't have this definition from start, old systems don't need a change either. -- WBR, Andrew
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