Debian Bug report logs - #646860
netcfg: do not place network and broadcast lines in /etc/network/interfaces

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Oskar Liljeblad <oskar@osk.mine.nu>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: netcfg: do not place network and broadcast lines in /etc/network/interfaces

Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:06:02 +0200

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Package: netcfg
Severity: wishlist

Hello, it's 2011 and not 1984. Broadcast and network addresses are standardized today.
'network' and 'broadcast' lines do not need to be written to /etc/network/interfaces
any more. They are at best redundant, and at worst confusing users. ifconfig
calculates broadcast and network addresses correctly so they can be removed
safely from the config. Attached is a patch against netcfg-1.59.

Regards,

Oskar Liljeblad

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39.4 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

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Message #10 received at 646860-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>

To: 646860-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#646860: fixed in netcfg 1.140

Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:04:03 +0000

Source: netcfg
Source-Version: 1.140

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
netcfg, 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 646860@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org> (supplier of updated netcfg package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:30:08 +0100
Source: netcfg
Binary: netcfg netcfg-static
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 1.140
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>
Description:
 netcfg     - Configure the network (udeb)
 netcfg-static - Configure a static network (udeb)
Closes: 646860
Changes:
 netcfg (1.140) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Julien Cristau ]
   * Stop writing netmask/network/broadcast lines in /etc/network/interfaces,
     just set the prefix length as part of the address (closes: #646860).
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