Bug#415544: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#415544: pbuilder-uml: pbuilder-user-mode-linux blindly overrides DHCP configuration with static IP configuration

[Junichi Uekawa]

Hi,

> > Hmm... will it break for pbuilder-user-mode-linux create/update ? 
> 
> > COWFILE is not specified for pbuilder-user-mode-linux create and
> > update, and what would that mean?
> 
> In those cases, it should use the /etc/network/interfaces already
> configured in the chroot in the UML image. (ie the configuration
> specified at rootstrap time, whether DHCP or a static IP)
> 
> The network configuration to use without a COWFILE can be changed
> by logging in without a COWFILE and just editing the
> /etc/network/interfaces file by hand.


The only thing I have a problem right now is 'pbuilder-user-mode-linux
update' not being able to update the IP address even UML_IP is
explicitly set. That's not intuitive and that will need documentation;
and I'm not quite convinced that this behavior change is warranted
just to support dhcp.

regards,
	junichi
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