Description of problem: network initscript doesn't touch interfaces which name start with «lo» prefix. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 9.02.1-1.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create interface which name starts with lo (e. g., by adding to /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules interface with name «local») 2. Add «ifcfg-local» file with config of interface 3. Try Actual results: Interface with name «local» haven't been touched by initscript. Expected results: Interface with name «local» have been touched by initscript. Additional info: ad-hoc patch which makes things working: --- network.old 2010-04-06 23:39:04.212315363 +0400 +++ network 2010-04-06 22:53:45.206536539 +0400 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ # ignore aliases, alternative configurations, and editor backup files interfaces=$(ls ifcfg* | \ LANG=C sed -e "$__sed_discard_ignored_files" \ - -e '/\(ifcfg-lo\|:\|ifcfg-.*-range\)/d' \ + -e '/\(^ifcfg-lo$\|:\|^ifcfg-.*-range$\)/d' \ -e '/ifcfg-[A-Za-z0-9\._-]\+$/ { s/^ifcfg-//g;s/[0-9]/ &/}' | \ LANG=C sort -k 1,1 -k 2n | \ LANG=C sed 's/ //')
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=b0fe47d3631c329398e16c5cecaed87b7ed1e16b Will land in rawhide/F-13 first, and in a F12 update at some point.
Hm. This still will not solve problem with interfaces which names end up with «ifcfg-lo» or contain «-range». This is almost hypothetical situations, though.
initscripts-9.02.2-1 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/initscripts-9.02.2-1
initscripts-9.02.2-1 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update initscripts'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/initscripts-9.02.2-1
initscripts-9.02.2-1 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.