Package: ifupdown Version: 0.7~rc3 Severity: serious The new ifupdown package does not recognize comments in middle of lines in /etc/network/interfaces anymore. For example, I have the following on one of our hosts:
iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.177.7 netmask 255.255.255.192 # /26, 0..63 gateway 192.168.177.5 And now, ifup -v eth0 gives the following: ip addr add 192.168.177.7/255.255.255.192 # /26, 0..63 broadcast + dev eth0 label eth0 Not enough information: "dev" argument is required. Which results in no network. This setup has been working for many years and such comments are used heavily here, describing many options, and now it does not work anymore. So I've choosen severity "serious", I think it should be fixed before wheezy (preferrable), or, failing that, some automatic conversion/upgrade procedure must be run to make network/interfaces compatible with the new way of things. Thanks, /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
