[Pkg-uml-pkgs] Bug#498974: rootstrap: Should have option to not set host (tapX) address, e.g. if already in bridge

[Daniel Dickinson]

Package: rootstrap
Version: 0.3.24-5
Severity: normal


I had to hack on rootstrap to tell it to not configure an address on may tap0 device because it is already configured and in a bridge.  This should be possible with an appropriate parameter.  I attach my diff (but it's not a patch because there are people who need the current behaviour).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages rootstrap depends on:
ii  debootstrap                 1.0.10       Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  dpkg                        1.14.22      Debian package management system
ii  python                      2.5.2-2      An interactive high-level object-o
ii  user-mode-linux             2.6.26-1um-2 User-mode Linux (kernel)

Versions of packages rootstrap recommends:
ii  uml-utilities               20070815-1.1 User-mode Linux (utility programs)

Versions of packages rootstrap suggests:
ii  dhcp3-client                  3.1.1-3    DHCP client
ii  dhcp3-server                  3.1.1-3    DHCP server for automatic IP addre

-- no debconf information
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--- rootstrap	2008-09-14 20:17:06.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/bin/rootstrap	2008-09-14 19:16:19.000000000 -0400
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
                 host_if = config.get('network','host_if')
             else:
                 host_if = ''
-            hostaddr = config.get('network', 'host')
-            umlargs.append('%s=%s,%s,,%s' % (netif,transport,host_if,hostaddr))
+#            hostaddr = config.get('network', 'host')
+            umlargs.append('%s=%s,%s' % (netif,transport,host_if))
         elif transport == 'slirp':
             umlargs.append('%s=slirp,,%s' % (netif, config.get('network','slirp','slirp')))
         elif transport == 'daemon':