Note, this is NOT a case where IPv6 has been disabled explicitly; this is the case where I have a link-down interface. (`ip link` reports NO- CARRIER.)
3: eno1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 0c:c4:7a:c0:31:fa brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to isc-dhcp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1640147 Title: [2.1] rsyslog is flooded with "no link-local IPv6 address for $IFACE" on commissioning Status in MAAS: Fix Released Status in MAAS 2.1 series: Fix Released Status in isc-dhcp package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: When commissioning, /var/log/maas/rsyslog/ is flooded with the repeated messages below with over 30,000 lines. ==== Nov 8 11:57:54 bunyip dhclient[4734]: no link-local IPv6 address for enp4s0f0 Nov 8 11:57:54 bunyip dhclient[4734]: Nov 8 11:57:54 bunyip dhclient[4734]: If you think you have received this message due to a bug rather Nov 8 11:57:54 bunyip dhclient[4734]: than a configuration issue please read the section on submitting Nov 8 11:57:54 bunyip dhclient[4734]: bugs on either our web page at www.isc.org or in the README file Nov 8 11:57:54 bunyip dhclient[4734]: before submitting a bug. These pages explain the proper Nov 8 11:57:54 bunyip dhclient[4734]: process and the information we find helpful for debugging.. Nov 8 11:57:54 bunyip dhclient[4734]: Nov 8 11:57:54 bunyip dhclient[4734]: exiting. ==== $ wc -l /var/log/maas/rsyslog/bunyip/2016-11-08/messages 39278 /var/log/maas/rsyslog/bunyip/2016-11-08/messages It would be nice to suppress those lines if those could be safely ignored. It would make troubleshooting easier when something wrong happened on commissioning. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1640147/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp