On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 02:01:27PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> The problem is that the configure code that determines the method for 
> getting the list of network interfaces mysteriously fails on the amd64 
> buildd.

> Usual output:

> checking for iface AIX... no
> checking for iface ifconf... got 2 interfaces:
> eth0       IP=129.206.69.122 NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> lo         IP=127.0.0.1 NETMASK=255.0.0.0
> yes

> amd64 buildd output:

> checking for iface AIX... no
> checking for iface ifconf... got 0 interfaces:
> no
> checking for iface ifreq... got -1 interfaces:
> no

> The code in question hasn't changed between 3.0.22 and 3.0.23b, none of 
> the other platforms are affected, and a local rebuild on an amd64/etch 
> box doesn't exhibit the problem either.

> So it looks like something in the configuration of the amd64 buildd has 
> changed for the worse, or the problem is constrained to unstable at the 
> moment.

> If some more people with amd64 machines could try to rebuild locally, it 
> might help eliminate some doubt.

<grr> IIRC, the amd64 buildd runs in a vserver, which does nasty things to
how interfaces are seen from userspace.  This may be a symptom of that.

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