[Bug 919068] Re: bridge_ports all doesn't work at boot time

[Steve Langasek]

> So long story short bridge-utils 1.5-2ubuntu1.1 has a bug that bridge-
> utils 1.5-2ubuntu1 does not, BUT I am sure everyone knows that
> already.... :)

No, that's not at all clear.  This bug report was originally filed
against 1.5-2ubuntu1, and the submitter reports there is no difference
in behavior between the two versions.  You should probably file a
separate bug report for your issue.

> - Manually installed bridge-utils 1.5-2ubuntu1 from the website
> UbuntuUpdates.org

Manually downloading packages from the web and installing them is strongly contraindicated.  You are completely bypassing the established security mechanisms of signed packages and opening yourself up to a man-in-the-middle attack.  The appropriate way to do this is by running:
  sudo apt-get install bridge-utils/oneiric
to pull the version of the package from oneiric instead of from oneiric-updates.

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Title:
  bridge_ports all doesn't work at boot time

Status in “bridge-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I posted the details of the problem on:
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1911817

  /etc/network/interfaces: 
  auto lo
  iface lo inet loopback

  auto br0
  iface br0 inet static
    address 192.168.1.5
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.1.1
    bridge_ports all

  iface eth0 inet manual
    up ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 up
    up ip link set $IFACE promisc on
    down ip link set $IFACE promisc off
    down ifconfig $IFACE down


  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:	11.10

  $ apt-cache policy bridge-utils
  bridge-utils:
    Installed: 1.5-2ubuntu1
    Candidate: 1.5-2ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 1.5-2ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  I was expecting to have network after boot.

  I don't have network instead.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: bridge-utils 1.5-2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Jan 19 22:45:21 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  SourcePackage: bridge-utils
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (96 days ago)

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