[Bug 656878] Re: network interface does not come up when configured as manual

[Stéphane Graber]

I had a quick look at the code and it's clear that ifupdown will never
do anything to an interface marked as manual, including bringing it up.
As far as I can tell, this is the intended behaviour and you should
indeed us an up line to bring it up.

The only thing ifupdown will do with an interface marked as manual is
load the ipv6 module if the interface is marked as IPv6.

Marking the bug as Won't fix as it's always been ifupdown's behaviour
(AFAICT) and so would likely break some setup if it was to be changed.

** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu)
   Status: New = Won't Fix

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[Bug 656878] Re: network interface does not come up when configured as manual

[rollercoaster]

no, this changed from 8.04 to 10.04 as I was trying to explain.

So what is now the intended configuration for bringing up an interface with 
IPv6 only? The manpage for interfaces doesn't give a hint for this case.
If it's not a bug in ifupdown, then it's a bug in the manpage not documenting 
this case.

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