If you do *NOT* have linuxconf enabled (or have removed the package) then initscripts' ifup-aliases script failes to load the aliases correctly if you have more than 10 aliases. The probem is that the aliases need to be loaded in numerical order (0, 1, ..., 9, 10, 11, 12, etc.) and not in the order that it tries to use (0, 1, 10, 11, ..., 19, 2, 20, 21, ...). This is because you use a simple directory expansion and not in a simple loop of trying 0, then 1, then 2, then 3, etc. until it finds the first missing alias file. If you want to discuss this or want a patch for this then send me email. <longyear>.
Can you reply to this message with your patch? That will expedite discussion about whether to include or not. Thanks ------- Email Received From Al Longyear <longyear> 06/10/99 16:49 -------
will be fixed in next initscripts release (4.21 or so.) Thanks for the patch!