The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release
** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ifupdown in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1347246 Title: ifup fails on IPv6 static interface with alias Status in ifupdown package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ifupdown source package in Precise: Won't Fix Bug description: ifup doesn't trim alias portion of interface from sysctl when configuring IPv6 static addresses: # ifup eth0.4000:ucarp * Setting up iSCSI targets ...done. ssh stop/waiting ssh start/running, process 23415 error: "net.ipv6.conf.eth0/4000:ucarp.autoconf" is an unknown key Failed to bring up eth0.4000:ucarp. /etc/network/interfaces: iface eth0.4000:ucarp inet6 static address 2001:db8::7006 netmask 64 Note: I'm running uCARP on the IPv4 address family, and expecting it to manage IPv6 address as well via `ifup $IFACE:ucarp` in /usr/share/ucarp/vip-up . I've tested with /sbin/ifup version 0.7.47.2ubuntu4 copied from a Trusty host and it works fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ifupdown 0.7~beta2ubuntu11.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-49.74~precise1-generic 3.5.7.32 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-49-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jul 22 22:23:10 2014 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US: SourcePackage: ifupdown UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/1347246/+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