[Bug 1070893] [NEW] not all ipv6 addresses are brought up on boot

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I have an /etc/network/interfaces that looks like this:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo eth0
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
iface eth0 inet dhcp
        dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1

iface eth0 inet6 static
        pre-up modprobe -q ipv6 ; /bin/true
        address 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::7
        netmask 64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::3/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::4/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::5/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::6/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::7/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::8/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::9/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::b/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::c/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::d/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::a/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::e/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::f/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:1/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:2/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:3/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:4/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:5/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:6/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:7/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:8/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:9/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:0/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:1/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:2/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:3/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:4/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:5/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:6/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:7/64
        up ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:8/64

On reboot, however, only about the first 6 or so of the IPv6 addresses
will be active. I have to manually run the ifconfig commands for the
rest, and then restart Apache. This is what I run:

root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:29:e1:72:26  
          inet addr:192.168.1.99  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::3/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fee1:7226/64 Scope:Link
          inet6 addr: 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::7/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::5/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::4/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::6/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1/64 Scope:Global
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:77 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:14107 (14.1 KB)  TX bytes:13114 (13.1 KB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:19534 (19.5 KB)  TX bytes:19534 (19.5 KB)

root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1/64
SIOCSIFADDR: File exists
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2/64
SIOCSIFADDR: File exists
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::3/64
SIOCSIFADDR: File exists
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::4/64
SIOCSIFADDR: File exists
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::5/64
SIOCSIFADDR: File exists
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::6/64
SIOCSIFADDR: File exists
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::7/64
SIOCSIFADDR: File exists
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::8/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::9/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::b/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::c/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::d/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::a/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::e/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::f/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:1/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:2/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:3/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:4/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:5/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:6/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:7/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:8/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::1:9/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:0/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:1/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:2/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:3/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:4/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:5/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:6/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:7/64
root at drydock.example.com ~ # ifconfig eth0 inet6 add 2001:470:1f1f:2f2f::2:8/64

Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release:        12.04

For reference, I found
http://www.virtualmin.com/node/18717#comment-107173 but this has
happened on 10.04 also.

** Affects: ifupdown (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bot-comment ipv6 networking
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not all ipv6 addresses are brought up on boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070893
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