On Oct 11, Joerg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why ppp provides its own mechanism of telling programs when the > interface is coming up or down? Many programs register for the ppp > mechanism, but not for the network mechanism. Where is the difference
The reason there continues to be a need for /etc/ppp/ip-(up|down).d/ is that ifupdown has never handled ppp interfaces properly. ifup runs /etc/network/if-up.d/ scripts immediately after starting pppd; what it should do is wait for the PPP link to be established before running hook scripts. This shortcoming is addressed in the experimental version of ifupdown. -- Thomas Hood
