Bug 1367737 – nmcli asks for ipv4 and ipv6 method even if these were specified

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Bug 1367737 - nmcli asks for ipv4 and ipv6 method even if these were specified

Summary:	nmcli asks for ipv4 and ipv6 method even if these were specified

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	NetworkManager (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	high Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Lubomir Rintel
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Reported:	2016-08-17 06:50 EDT by Vladimir Benes
Modified:	2016-11-03 15:28 EDT (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2016-11-03 15:28:37 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:2581	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: NetworkManager security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2016-11-03 08:08:07 EDT

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Description Vladimir Benes 2016-08-17 06:50:11 EDT

Description of problem:
[root@qe-dell-ovs5-vm-56 ~]# nmcli  connection add type bond ipv4.method manual ipv4.addresses 1.1.1.1/24 ipv6.method manual ipv6.addresses 1::2/128
Do you also want to set 'ipv4.method' to 'manual'? [yes]: 
Do you also want to set 'ipv6.method' to 'manual'? [yes]: 
Connection 'bond' (463acf4f-8b87-476c-9f79-e92203175674) successfully added.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-1.4.0-0.5.beta1.el7.x86_64

Comment 1 Thomas Haller 2016-08-20 03:59:22 EDT

it anyway seems wrong to ask at all, given that no --ask is provided.

This seems like a major regression. Over to Lubormir :)

Comment 2 Thomas Haller 2016-08-24 11:43:56 EDT

fixed upstream by lrintel:

master: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=79c81bbb8cf5903462caf9f60e1bca4a22f3280f

nm-1-4: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=afab2b8112f686b47ba2ed279fad767645b40214

Comment 4 Vladimir Benes 2016-08-26 15:40:35 EDT

connection is created w/o any further questions

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 15:28:37 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2581.html

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