Bug#418065: [Pkg-vsquare-devel] Bug#418065: vde2: integration with ifup/ifdown needlessly restrict the naming of the interface

[Filippo Giunchedi]

On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 02:05:01PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Apr 2007, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
> > another option can be to check if a vde2-* option has been specified in the
> > stanza, to my knowledge ifupdown exports them to the script's environment. Would
> > that work?
> 
> I think so, but that test is already at the beginning of the script
> /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vde2.
> 
> if [ ! -x $VDE2_SWITCH ] || [ ! -x $SLIRPVDE ]; then
>   exit 0
> fi
> 
> It might be enough to protect similarly the other script.

indeed, I would go for something like this: (after or before the above test)

# this is not an interesting stanza for us
if [ -z "$IF_VDE2_SWITCH" -a -z "$IF_VDE2_PLUG" -a -z "$IF_VDE2_SLIRP" ]; then
	exit 0
fi

filippo
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