Ubuntu
ifupdown package

  1. Bug #541977
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 541977

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Phil Salkie (phil-asylumhouse) wrote : Re: [Bug 541977] Re: ifup calling dhclient when /etc/network/interfaces specifies static IP

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 04:17:48PM -0000, Stéphane Graber wrote:
> This looks weird. I don't remember seeing this behaviour in my recent
> ifupdown tests.
>
> Can you please test with a supported version of Ubuntu or ideally with
> Precise?
>
> ** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete

This bug was filed two years ago - the system it was noticed on is now running
Lubuntu Oneiric and has the static IP set through LXDE's network manager
graphical interface. I can try switching to a static setting in
/etc/network/interfaces and report back to you, but I suspect we could
just set the status to "old enough that it got accidentally fixed by some
other change." (I honestly had forgotten all about it, since the
workaround of deleting /usr/sbin/dhcpd solved it perfectly for me.)

Thanks for looking into it - I'll let you know what I find...

- Phil Salkie