Bug#870284: ifupdown needs better support for complex ip route and rules

2017-07-31 Thread Guus Sliepen
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 04:41:22PM +0100, Peter Collinson wrote: >I am a Debian newbie - and arrived after many years of Redhattery. >RHEL has a per-interface file of rules and routes commands for the >ip command which can be used to both on up and down. The files >contain command

Bug#870284: ifupdown needs better support for complex ip route and rules

2017-07-31 Thread Peter Collinson
Package: ifupdown Version: 0.8.19 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch newcomer Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? I am building a router with two external gateways, and felt that the support for complex sets of rules and routes which can be passed into the ip command is inade