#1120367 ifupdown: inconsistant LL6 behavior for Ethernet and WiFi

Package:
ifupdown
Source:
ifupdown
Description:
high level tools to configure network interfaces
Submitter:
Martin-Éric Racine
Date:
2025-11-09 18:47:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1120367#5
Date:
2025-11-08 10:33:53 UTC
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To:
An inconsistency that I've repeatedly mentioned to previous maintainers:

'ip a' shows that network configuration under ifupdown is different for Ethernet and WiFi interfaces. Ethernet interfaces get a LL6 address whereas WiFi interfaces don't.

Martin-Éric
--- /etc/network/interfaces.d/*:
##########/etc/network/interfaces.d/funkyware_hostapd ##########
iface wlp0s29u1u1 inet manual
	hostapd /etc/hostapd/wlp0s29u1u1.conf
iface wlp0s29u1u3 inet manual
	hostapd /etc/hostapd/wlp0s29u1u3.conf
##########/etc/network/interfaces.d/funkyware_hostapd ##########
--- up and down scripts installed: /etc/network/if-down.d: total 8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Mar 11 2025 bridge -> /usr/lib/bridge-utils/ifupdown.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1677 Feb 18 2023 clamav-freshclam-ifupdown -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 759 Dec 9 2022 resolved lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Mar 22 2025 wpasupplicant -> ../../wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh /etc/network/if-post-down.d: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Mar 11 2025 bridge -> /usr/lib/bridge-utils/ifupdown.sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Mar 22 2025 hostapd -> ../../hostapd/ifupdown.sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Mar 22 2025 wpasupplicant -> ../../wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh /etc/network/if-pre-up.d: total 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Mar 11 2025 bridge -> /usr/lib/bridge-utils/ifupdown.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 348 Jun 26 21:30 ethtool lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Mar 22 2025 hostapd -> ../../hostapd/ifupdown.sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Mar 22 2025 wpasupplicant -> ../../wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh /etc/network/if-up.d: total 16 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1677 Feb 18 2023 clamav-freshclam-ifupdown -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1689 Jun 26 21:30 ethtool -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4665 Aug 20 2024 resolved lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Mar 22 2025 wpasupplicant -> ../../wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh
#1120367#10
Date:
2025-11-09 18:44:53 UTC
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Hi Martin,

Seems to me this is a duplicate of #1036657 in bridge-utils.

I don't see missing link-locals in my plain wifi setup, can you reproduce
this without involving any bridging?