>>> (@all please keep me in Cc, d-devel is too high-volume to subscribe)
>On Thu, 23 Oct 2025, Daniel Gröber wrote: >>Yeah, thats how things should look now. LMK if you see something different. > >OK, I’ll give this a shot. So, I gave it a spin and had to fix up something already ;) I built commit 5ee246b1084d6679f3fc5d624dd5fb64456e8aff with the following patch applied: --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -ifupdown (0.8.45) unstable; urgency=medium +ifupdown (0.8.45~~exp2) unstable; urgency=medium [ Kai Tetzlaff ] * Fix inet dhcp brinig up IPv6 when using dhcpcd-base. --- a/debian/install +++ b/debian/install @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ contrib/* usr/share/doc/ifupdown/contrib +debian/dhcpcd.sh usr/lib/ifupdown/ debian/ifupdown-hotplug usr/lib/udev debian/if-up.d/ etc/network/ debian/if-down.d/ etc/network/ You forgot to install the new file ;) and the install location is bogus anyway, this needs to be moved to /usr/libexec/ifupdown/ instead (globally). Here’s also the lintian warnings, most of which should be easy to fix: W: ifupdown: old-fsf-address-in-copyright-file W: ifupdown: spelling-error-in-changelog managment management [usr/share/doc/ifupdown/changelog.gz] I: ifupdown source: debian-rules-parses-dpkg-parsechangelog [debian/rules:3] I: ifupdown: hardening-no-bindnow [usr/sbin/ifup] I: ifupdown: init.d-script-does-not-implement-status-option [etc/init.d/networking] I: ifupdown source: out-of-date-standards-version 4.6.1 (released 2022-05-11) (current is 4.7.2) I: ifupdown: systemd-service-file-missing-documentation-key [usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]] I: ifupdown: systemd-service-file-missing-documentation-key [usr/lib/systemd/system/ifupdown-pre.service] I: ifupdown: systemd-service-file-missing-documentation-key [usr/lib/systemd/system/ifupdown-wait-online.service] I: ifupdown: typo-in-manual-page addressess addresses [usr/share/man/man5/interfaces.5.gz:725] I: ifupdown: typo-in-manual-page requred required [usr/share/man/man5/interfaces.5.gz:730] I: ifupdown: unused-override init.d-script-possible-missing-stop etc/init.d/networking 1 [usr/share/lintian/overrides/ifupdown:1] I: ifupdown: unused-override systemd-service-file-refers-to-unusual-wantedby-target usr/lib/systemd/system/ifupdown-wait-online.service network-online.target [usr/share/lintian/overrides/ifupdown:3] I: ifupdown: unused-override systemd-service-file-refers-to-unusual-wantedby-target usr/lib/systemd/system/networking.service network-online.target [usr/share/lintian/overrides/ifupdown:2] X: ifupdown: executable-in-usr-lib [usr/lib/ifupdown/dhcpcd.sh] X: ifupdown: executable-in-usr-lib [usr/lib/ifupdown/settle-dad.sh] X: ifupdown: executable-in-usr-lib [usr/lib/ifupdown/wait-for-ll6.sh] X: ifupdown: executable-in-usr-lib [usr/lib/ifupdown/wait-online.sh] X: ifupdown: executable-in-usr-lib [usr/lib/udev/ifupdown-hotplug] X: ifupdown: systemd-service-file-missing-hardening-features [usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]] X: ifupdown source: very-long-line-length-in-source-file 560 > 512 [interfaces.5.pre:496] With this, the interface does indeed come up, wait, and I get the expected IPv4 address… but not the expected IPv6 address: 3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether bc:cd:99:00:3d:18 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname wlp2s0 altname wlxbccd99003d18 inet 192.168.0.208/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlan0 valid_lft 1209566sec preferred_lft 1058366sec inet6 2001:470:1f15:10c:7922:456f:9923:7a9e/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr noprefixroute valid_lft 2591962sec preferred_lft 604762sec inet6 fe80::d658:47f3:7d84:b5e/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::becd:99ff:fe00:3d18/64 scope link proto kernel_ll valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever This is a regression to ifupdown in trixie, where I got the expected EUI64 address. - 2001:470:1f15:10c:7922:456f:9923:7a9e ⇒ completely bogus, breaks reverse DNS, firewalling, etc. - fe80::d658:47f3:7d84:b5e ⇒ even more bogus, why is this even on this interface, it’s not related to any of the other addresses (IP or MAC) - fe80::becd:99ff:fe00:3d18 ⇒ correct EUI64 link-local For completeness: the interface wlan0 is not listed anywhere and was brought up by “sudo ifup wlan0=mywlan” with: iface mywlan inet dhcp wireless-power off wireless-essid mywlanssid wpa-ssid mywlanssid wpa-psk mywlansecretpassword Awaiting your next roundd of fixes, //Thorsten -- Thorsten Glaser Linux / Unix Developer Tel.: +49 160 91168501 E-Mail: [email protected] B1 Systems GmbH Osterfeldstraße 7 / 85088 Vohburg / https://www.b1-systems.de/ GF: Ralph Dehner / Unternehmenssitz: Vohburg / AG: Ingolstadt, HRB 3537
