Bug#256636: Yep, this is a bug

[Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo]

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severity 256636 important
thanks

On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 10:28:55AM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
> Applications|System Tools|Connections is useless.  It isn't just
> the "Active" field that doesn't work.  On my system all the "Type"
> fields read "Unknown interface type" and the "Device" fields show
> not the  kernel interface names but the logical interface names.

 Active field works at least in my computer. I cannot reproduce the bug
 original submitter has.

>=20
> If this tool works at all then I suspect it is making the assumption
> that kernel interface names and logical interface names are the same.
> In general they aren't.  Whoever is responsible for this tool should
> read ifup(8) and interfaces(5) and the Networking chapter of the
> Debian Reference.  In the meantime either Network Settings should be
> disabled for writing or gnome-system-tools should be held out of sarge.

 Yes, they work. Of course they have some issues, but they work for
 people who will usually need the aid of a graphical interface to change
 their settings. That hotplug and device mapping are not supported
 doesn't mean this tools are not suitable for sarge.

>=20
> I decide to "Activate" one of the interfaces.  After a couple of
> seconds the tool adds several useless lines to /etc/network/interfaces.
> I attach the file as it was before and as it is after the changes.
> It adds a "name" option to each logical interface definition with
> value "Unknown interface type".  WTF is that all about?   It adds
> "broadcast" options where there were none before, even though this
> option is not required.  It adds "network" options even though these
> haven't been used since Linux 2.1.  "Deactivate" doesn't do anything.

 I agree that it should not add anything if it doesn't know what the
 interface is.

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Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
  jsogo@debian.org

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