ifenslave-2.6 creates erroneous files in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/

[Sodki]

Binary package hint: ifenslave-2.6

After installation of ifenslave-2.6 in Ubuntu 11.04, the following new files appear in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d:

  * ifenslave
  * ifenslave.dpkg-new

The files are different and this behavior prevents ifenslave from working properly. After a simple "mv ifenslave.dpkg-new ifenslave", it works properly. Inside the package there's only the file "ifenslave".

I'm using Ubuntu 11.04
ifenslave version is 1.1.0-15ubuntu2

[Holger Mauermann (mauermann)]

Same here. On a fresh natty install bond interfaces are not working. However, a machine upgraded from lucid to maverick to natty is not affected.

The following is a temporary fix after installing ifenslave:

# cd /etc/network/
# mv if-pre-up.d/ifenslave if-up.d/
# mv if-pre-up.d/ifenslave.dpkg-new if-pre-up.d/ifenslave

Btw, this bug was already fixed one year ago in upstream Debian version 1.1.0-16!