Package: zeroconf Version: 0.6-1 Severity: wishlist
It would be very nice if one could add a DISABLE_ZEROCONF=yes switch or something similar to /etc/default/zeroconf. This could come in quite handy in cases where something goes wrong with zeroconf. The example leading me to this idea is a little confused, but I'm describing it here for reference purposes anyway. I've just experienced a case of a system hanging indefinitely at "ifup -a" time while booting, which was caused by this old /etc/network/if-up.d/zeroconf script: ,---- |#!/bin/sh | |/usr/sbin/zeroconf -i $IFACE `---- which probably some older package had left lying around. Having no clean way to disable zeroconf, I resorted to "dpkg --purge zeroconf", which then, incidentally, didn't remove the /etc/network/if-up.d/zeroconf script. But that was ok - at least "ifup -a" was failing now, not hanging. Hmm... perhaps "ifup -a" should use a timeout, but that would be a seperate wishlist bug, I think. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (700, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.10-swsusp2-ndim-2 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
