Ubuntu
ifupdown package

  1. Bug #123773
  2. Comment #42

Comment 42 for bug 123773

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Tom Metro (tmetro+ubuntu) wrote :

Tormod Volden wrote:
> The seven first comments indicate that this is a harmless warning and that things otherwise
> work well. Later some people join in with various problems that are not necessarily due the
> warning.
>
> Please file new bugs for these different problems.

This seems like a good suggestion.

This bug deals with virtual interfaces triggering a "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address" warning, while still succeeding, and can be remedied by removing or patching the /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools file.

I've created Bug #351378 to track the issue where DHCP fails to work for a virtual interface, when a DHCP client is used directly, or indirectly via the /etc/network/interfaces config file, and is unaffected by the /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools file.

The two bugs may have a common underlying cause, but superficially they have different symptoms.