#753684 ifupdown: Dead symlinks in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d block networking

Package:
ifupdown
Source:
ifupdown
Description:
high level tools to configure network interfaces
Submitter:
Matthias Urlichs
Date:
2014-09-23 20:45:08 UTC
Severity:
normal
#753684#5
Date:
2014-07-04 10:37:43 UTC
From:
To:
# ln -s /not/an/existing/file /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/buggy
# ifup eth0
[ one error message and no networking ]

… which is fun if you remote-admin something.
#753684#10
Date:
2014-07-07 17:55:31 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

Um. Don't do that then. Or get it fixed in run-parts. Commands for
pre-up *must* succeed, otherwise the precondition for getting an
interface up wouldn't be met. So it doesn't precisely sound like a bug
in ifupdown.

Meanwhile, I don't see how this violates Policy 10.7.