Bug#798625: systemd-networkd: Runs arbitrary inappropriate scripts on network changes

[Michael Biebl]

Fwiw, I mentioned similar concerns as Josh when I discussed this topic
with Martin but I also see where Martin is coming from.

The missing hook/extension mechanism in networkd is something which is
an issue.

Am 20.09.2015 um 15:54 schrieb Martin Pitt:
>> Hardly a zillion packages; here's a complete list of Debian packages:
>> > 
>> > This seems quite manageable, especially once you rule out the ones that
>> > make no sense at all with networkd (or with anything other than
>> > ifupdown).  I'd be happy to help evaluate these further.
> That would certainly be nice. It's not that I like the hooks much, but
> I believe that nothing at all is gained by tightly coupling
> transitions that way, like "sorry, you can't use networkd without
> resolved and without fixing those ~ 50 packages first". I like the
> evolutionary approach more than the revolutionary one.

I basically asked the same: how many packages do actually need such a
hook and what do they need it for and would those be eligible for being
run under networkd.

We didn't fully answer that, so I started extracting the scripts and
having a look.

See https://people.debian.org/~biebl/ifupdown-hook/ and
https://titanpad.com/P040gSeFyr

What I'm concerned about is, that our ifupdown hook support is
incomplete and some hooks certainly should not be run under networkd.

If we are going to provide a hook mechanism, maybe defining our own is
better then an incomplete/incompatbile ifup.d hooks support.

Anyways, let's first figure out what packages actually need the hooks
for, anyone who wants to help filling out the titanpad is welcome


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