Bug 70657

Summary: ifup-routes and static-routes do not use /sbin/ip
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Tony Nugent <tony>
Component: initscriptsAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 7.3CC: rvokal, shishz
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discussion of the use of /sbin/ip in the ifup-routes script
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some bash functions that are useful for manipulating routing policy none

Description Tony Nugent 2002-08-03 10:35:55 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Please refer to the attachment, which is the text of an email
that I posted to redhat-devel mailing list in early August.
Summary:
(1) the ifup-routes script needs to be changed so that uses /sbin/ip.
(2) the format of sysconfig/static-routes needs changing to cope with 
1.
(3) a method for creating and preserving routing policy state needs to be
introduced. 
(4) the relevant redhat network config tools would need changing as a result.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.the static-routes file cannot be used to preserve complex routing information.
2.
3.
	

Actual Results:  inability to do src routing, configure multiple default routes,
ip policy state

Expected Results:  the redhat scripts need to be updated to cope with more
complex routing states.  My (small) changes to use /sbin/ip in the ifup-routes
script will add this enhancement.

Additional info:

Lots of suggestions in the attachment
Comment 1 Tony Nugent 2002-08-03 10:49:21 UTC 
Created attachment 68704 [details]
discussion of the use of /sbin/ip in the ifup-routes script
Comment 2 Tony Nugent 2002-08-03 11:55:29 UTC 
Created attachment 68706 [details]
some bash functions that are useful for manipulating routing policy
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2003-01-14 06:03:53 UTC 
This was done for 8.0 differently.