use /etc/network/interfaces.d instead of /etc/network/interfaces

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Information

ID: 347
PHID: PHID-TASK-qmjlzuae3xhpw44yovom
Author: Patrick
Status at Migration Time: resolved
Priority at Migration Time: Normal

Description

Use /etc/network/interfaces.d instead of /etc/network/interfaces, so we can get rid of config-package-dev displaceing /etc/network/interfaces.

Build Documentation: Physical Isolation instructions would require updating.

Comments

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Patrick

2015-09-06 22:52:42 UTC

I am currently trying to get rid of this hack:
qubes-template-whonix/whonix-gateway/02_install_groups_pre.sh at be0c1f53cc10a3ccb8628d132da35006225bdff6 · nrgaway/qubes-template-whonix · GitHub

Therefore I wanted to implement this ticket right now for next Whonix version.

Wondering… By default, #Qubes doesn’t use ifupdown at all, right? Would it be fine to avoid installation of ifupdown on Qubes-Whonix? @marmarek

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marmarek

2015-09-07 08:13:58 UTC

Currently Qubes configures interfaces manually from udev rule. Actually
I think it would be better to move it to some more standard place, for
example to not conflict with NetworkManager (which is currently handled
as a special case) or other network-related tools.
Or at least move it out of udev rule, which is called in quite
unpredictable time (->race conditions). I think it may somehow related
to:
broken /etc/resolv.conf, broken DNS resolution · Issue #1067 · QubesOS/qubes-issues · GitHub

Anyway currently it should be safe to remove ifupdown. If we’ll need
it later (and configure properly), we’ll add it do Depends: of needing
package.

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Patrick

2015-09-07 11:34:04 UTC

use /etc/network/interfaces.d instead of /etc/network/interfaces - https://phabricator.whonix.org/T347:

• use /etc/network/interfaces.d instead of /etc/network/interfaces - ht… · Whonix/whonix-gw-network-conf@fc3bb9e · GitHub
• use /etc/network/interfaces.d instead of /etc/network/interfaces - ht… · Whonix/whonix-ws-network-conf@4b84088 · GitHub

disabled ifupdown service in Qubes-Whonix, since not required and conflicting with non-Qubes-Whonix /etc/network/interfaces.d/30_non-qubes-whonix:
disabled ifupdown service in Qubes-Whonix, since not required and con… · Whonix/qubes-whonix@520479e · GitHub

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Patrick

2015-09-07 12:04:18 UTC

no need to replace ip's in /etc/network/interfaces.whonix - https://phabricator.whonix.org/T347:
no need to replace ip's in /etc/network/interfaces.whonix - https://p… · Whonix/qubes-whonix@b251a4a · GitHub