Your message dated Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:48:25 +0000
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and subject line Bug#670898: fixed in wireless-tools 30~pre9-20
has caused the Debian Bug report #670898,
regarding ifrename starts before module-init-tools when no interfaces exists yet
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Package: ifrename
Version: 30~pre9-8
Severity: normal
Package ifrename provides an initscript to rename existing
interfaces, so this should work without udev. But it has
no dependencies on module-init-tools (or kmod) listed, so
insserv sorts it before module-init-tools in rcS.d, and
it is the module-init-tools who loads modules, and who may
load NIC-related drivers too. The result is that it runs
before m-i-t and hence does not see any network interface,
so actual renaming is not happening.
(Note again: this is the case when no udev is being used).
I tried to add "Should-Start: module-init-tools" to it, but
that results in ifrename sorted the same as ifupdown, but
obviously ifrename should run strictly before ifupdown.
So I also added "Should-Start: ifrename" to ifupdown, but
that turned into a cyclic dependency somehow.
So I ended up calling ifrename explicitly from ifupdown,
which is ugly but at least lets the system boot and be
accessible over the network.
This all is not relevant when udev is used, because ifrename
provides necessary udev hooks, and udev is run definitely
before ifupdown. But with udev, the ifrename initscript
is not needed at all. So we should either fix the initscript,
or drop it. I'd vote for the first approach...
Thanks!
/mjt
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Source: wireless-tools
Source-Version: 30~pre9-20
Done: Bastian Germann <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
wireless-tools, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Bastian Germann <[email protected]> (supplier of updated wireless-tools package)
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:34:24 +0100
Source: wireless-tools
Architecture: source
Version: 30~pre9-20
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Bastian Germann <[email protected]>
Closes: 670898
Changes:
wireless-tools (30~pre9-20) unstable; urgency=medium
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* QA upload
* Drop ifrename (Closes: #670898)
* Update debhelper-compat level to 12
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