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Description of problem:
The ifup-routes script greps through static-routes for lines concerning the
requested interface. To guard against lines beginning with an alias
interface it uses the pattern "^$DEVICE ". By doing this it forces the user
to separate the device name and the following route arguments with spaces.
It is not possible to use tabs, as one expects for that kind of config
file. This is a longstanding annoyance which was already present in at
least RHL 6.2.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
At least 6.20 - 6.39

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Write an entry like "eth0<tab>rest of the line" to static-routes
2. Do "ifup eth0"



Actual Results:  The expected route is not set.


Expected Results:  The route should be set.


Patch:
--- ifup-routes~	Fri May 11 18:38:25 2001
+++ ifup-routes	Mon Sep 24 18:16:27 2001
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 DEVICE=$1
 
 #note the trailing space in the grep gets rid of aliases
-grep "^$DEVICE " /etc/sysconfig/static-routes | while read device args; do
+grep "^$DEVICE[[:space:]]" /etc/sysconfig/static-routes | while read
device args; do
 	/sbin/route add -$args $device
 done
-grep "^any " /etc/sysconfig/static-routes | while read ignore args ; do
+grep "^any" /etc/sysconfig/static-routes | while read ignore args ; do
         /sbin/route add -$args
 done