Bug#975420: refcard: Network section should refer to ifupdown for network interfaces

[Jesse Rhodes]

Source: refcard
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
X-Debbugs-Cc: ***@sney.ca

Dear Maintainer,

The section "The Network" in the refcard specifies configuration of network interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces, but then refers to 'ip link set device [up][down]' to enable/disable them, this is incorrect.

The /etc/network/interfaces file is intended to be manipulated with ifupdown, with 'ifup device' or 'ifdown device' used to bring interfaces up or down. By contrast, 'ip link set device up' would only bring up the physical link, and not inherently do anything with regards to configuration in /etc/network/interfaces.

I'm attaching a simple diff against the current (2020-11-21) entries.dbk in salsa, which fixes this error.

sney

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[Holger Wansing]

Hi,

Post by Jesse Rhodes
The section "The Network" in the refcard specifies configuration of network interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces, but then refers to 'ip link set device [up][down]' to enable/disable them, this is incorrect.
The /etc/network/interfaces file is intended to be manipulated with ifupdown, with 'ifup device' or 'ifdown device' used to bring interfaces up or down. By contrast, 'ip link set device up' would only bring up the physical link, and not inherently do anything with regards to configuration in /etc/network/interfaces.
I'm attaching a simple diff against the current (2020-11-21) entries.dbk in salsa, which fixes this error.

I will implement this soon, thanks for the pointer.


Cheers
Holger

[Holger Wansing]

Control: tags -1 + pending

Post by Holger Wansing

Post by Jesse Rhodes
I'm attaching a simple diff against the current (2020-11-21) entries.dbk in salsa, which fixes this error.

I will implement this soon, thanks for the pointer.

Fixed in git.

Tagging this bug as pending

Holger

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Post by Holger Wansing
tags -1 + pending

Bug #975420 [src:refcard] refcard: Network section should refer to ifupdown for network interfaces
Added tag(s) pending.

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