Bug#982959: ifupdown: regex not workig as expected

[Michael Biebl]

Am 02.10.21 um 09:05 schrieb Martin-Éric Racine:
> pe 1. lokak. 2021 klo 23.39 Santiago Ruano Rincón
> (santiagorr at riseup.net) kirjoitti:
>>
>> El 01/10/21 a las 17:05, Martin-Éric Racine escribió:
>>> pe 1. lokak. 2021 klo 16.21 Santiago Ruano Rincón
>>> (santiagorr at riseup.net) kirjoitti:
>>>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:32:24 +0200 Martin-Éric_Racine <martin-eric.racine at iki.fi> wrote:
>>>>> Package: ifupdown
>>>>> Version: 0.8.36
>>>>> Severity: normal
>>>>>
>>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>>>> Hash: SHA256
>>>>>
>>>>> The regex recipe below does not work as expected. I've tried both
>>>>>
>>>>> allow-hotplug /en*=en /wl*=wl
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> allow-hotplug /en*/=en /wl*/=wl
>>>>>
>>>>> but ifup still doesn't raise whatever interface match the regex. Have I misunderstood the examples or am I missing something else?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> - -- Package-specific info:
>>>>> - --- /etc/network/interfaces:
>>>>> allow-hotplug /en*=en /wl*=wl
>>>>>
>>>>> iface en inet dhcp
>>>>> iface en inet6 auto
>>>>>          privext 2
>>>>>          #dhcp 1
>>>>>
>>>>> iface wl inet dhcp
>>>>>          wpa-ssid AccessPoint
>>>>>          wpa-psk mypassword
>>>>> iface wl inet6 auto
>>>>>          privext 2
>>>>>          #dhcp 1
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> I get both interfaces configured. Could you please run ifup with -v?
>>>
>>> I just tried. Here's an interesting difference:
>>>
>>> If I use 'sudo ifup -a -v' ifup won't find the mapped interfaces.
>>
>> ifup doesn't process them since they are not configured with `auto`
> 
> OK, what processes interfaces with allow-hotplug then, if not ifupdown?
> 
>> s/allow-hotplug/auto/ in my /e/n/interfaces makes this work.
>>>
>>> If I use 'sudo ifup --allow hotplug -a -v' ifup correctly finds and
>>> maps the wireless interfaces.
>>>
>>
>> I wonder if there is a problem related with udev instead.
> 
> Added udev (systemd) maintainers in CC.

If you are referring to
/lib/udev/ifupdown-hotplug and /lib/udev/rules.d/80-ifupdown.rules, 
those files are maintained by the ifupdown package.

The systemd package is not involved here.

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