ifup will fail if IPv6 has been compiled in the kernel
Bug #158582 reported by
Martin André
This bug affects 4 people
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ifupdown (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: ifupdown
ifup assumes that IPv6 has been built as a module and will fail bringing up the interfaces otherwise. It tries to insert ipv6 module with modprobe before configuring the interface with ifconfig and fails when IPv6 support has been build in the kernel, ie not in module.
We should try to insert ipv6 module only if there is no IPv6 capability, for example with a check in /proc.
Are there any known workarounds?
I tried replacing modprobe with an empty shell script that does nothing but exit with no error with no luck.