Inconsistent location of kvm-ifup, missing kvm-ifdown

[Richard Davies]

Binary package hint: kvm

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty with kvm 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu11

In this package, "kvm -net tap" defaults to "script=/etc/kvm-ifup" and "downscript=/etc/kvm-ifdown". However the package actually includes /etc/kvm/kvm-ipup (different location) and no kvm-ifdown at all.

This forces users to write write their own kvm-ifdown, and respecify the location for kvm-ifup.

It would be better if:

- The "kvm -net tap" default for kvm-ifup was the same as where the package actually puts it (either move the script or compile kvm with a different default).

- The package shipped with a kvm-ifdown script (again ideally in the location which the binary expects by default). A reasonable example (which mirrors the current kvm-ifup) would be:

#!/bin/sh

# NOTE: For this script to operate properly, it is expected that
# you have a br0

BRIDGE=br0

/usr/sbin/brctl delif $BRIDGE $1
/sbin/ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 down

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

Thanks for the information, Richard.

I should be able to fix this for Karmic. Marking triaged.

:-Dustin

[Dominic Evans (oldmanuk)]

Hi, I actually spotted this today in karmic and so did a quick debdiff to make it point at the correct ifup script.

Attached.

[Dominic Evans (oldmanuk)]

Also updated the debdiff to add the kvm-ifdown script as suggested