I updated the description with 'Related Bugs', specifically for bug
974284, which is where Stéphane remembers having the conversation.
** Description changed:
If i have a server which has a management-only interface which is
usually down, in versions of Ubuntu before 11.10, I could configure
I vaguely remember discussing that on IRC already, but there it's again
anyway ;)
I don't agree that we should start dhclient in the background on failure
to get an IP, that sounds wrong and will prevent any of the ifupdown
scripts from running properly, not to mention confuse ifupdown regarding
Excerpts from Stéphane Graber's message of 2012-06-28 20:49:20 UTC:
I vaguely remember discussing that on IRC already, but there it's again
anyway ;)
I don't agree that we should start dhclient in the background on failure
to get an IP, that sounds wrong and will prevent any of the ifupdown
Fine, converted to a wishlist entry (not planning on working on that
though).
I believe we can update the release notes post-release, yes and we probably
should for that case.
It's also worth noting that dhclient was the only dhcp client doing the whole
backgrounding thing in ifupdown, all the
** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = High
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1017166
Title:
Unplugged or deactivated ethernet interfaces may not be handled
