Hi Erich,

I couldn't find in the busybox changelog where this change is applied. I
will create an updated initrd with busybox-1.9.1 this evening which
hopefully fixes this issue.

Eric

> Hi
>
>
> After upgrading to busybox 1.8.2 I found that ifup does not handle
> multiple tabstops in /etc/network/interfaces well.
>
> auto eth11 iface eth11 inet static address         192.168.211.36 netmask
> 255.255.255.224
> broadcast       192.168.211.63
>
> chameleon# ifup eth11 Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than
> "192.168.211.36/4294967295".
> chameleon# e100: eth11 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full duplex
>
> auto eth11 iface eth11 inet static address 192.168.211.36 netmask
> 255.255.255.224
> broadcast       192.168.211.63
>
> chameleon# ifdown eth11 Nothing to flush.
> chameleon# ifup eth11 chameleon# e100: eth11 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full
> duplex
>
> It appears the parsing algorithm has somewhat changed :-(, single
> tabstops work.
>
> This may come as a surprise to those considering an upgrade, without
> serial access to a remote router all thats left is a nice ride in the car.
>
>
> cheers
>
> Erich
>
>
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