From bd759702410f37a5f8f1a24b9ddf855862bed780 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tollef Fog Heen Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:30:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document that /etc/network/run should be a symlink --- debian/README.Debian | 12 +++++++++++- debian/changelog | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index bf4f308f..d7c18b0d 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -16,4 +16,14 @@ Known bugs and problems The PAM module makes su exit with an error after running the command, hiding the real exit status of the process. - -- Tollef Fog Heen , Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:39:57 +0200 +ifupdown's postinst has a bug where it ends up creating +/etc/network/run as a normal directory rather than a symlink to +/dev/shm or /lib/init/rw. This can cause network interfaces to not +start correctly on boot. The easiest way to fix this is to run: + + mv /etc/network/run /etc/network/run.old + ln -s /lib/init/rw/network /etc/network/run + mv /etc/nework/run.old/* /etc/network/run + rmdir /etc/nework/run.old/ + + -- Tollef Fog Heen , Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:29:37 +0100 diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 5bd437ea..f88a4971 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ systemd (15-1) experimental; urgency=low * Remove -s from getty serial console invocation. * Add dependency on new util-linux to make sure /sbin/agetty exists * Don't mount /var/lock with gid=lock (Debian has no such group). + * Document problem with ifupdown's /etc/network/run being a normal + directory. [ Michael Biebl ] * Revert upstream change which requires libnotify 0.7 (not yet available in -- 2.39.5