Corrected loopback device - will now set IP

* Completely re-written as shell script
  * Modified documentation to better reflect reality
  * Removed the rather useless 'ifquery' tool

Makefile

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-DEPENDS = iproute2,perl
+DEPENDS = dhclient,iproute2
 ARCH = none
 URL = 
 BRIEF = Scripts for starting and stopping network interfaces
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ SNAPVER = 0
 ARCHIVE :=
 SRCDIR := $(PWD)/SRC/iftools
 PATCHDIR := $(PWD)/SRC/patches
-VERSION := $(shell grep 'VERSION\s*=>' SRC/iftools/ifup| \
+VERSION := $(shell grep 'VERSION=' SRC/iftools/ifup| \
-	cut -d "'" -f2)-$(SNAPVER)
+	cut -d "=" -f2)-$(SNAPVER)
 
 include /usr/share/snap/Makefile.snaplinux
 

SNAP/usher

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+case $1 in
+  preinst)
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+  postinst)
+    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/network.conf ]; then
+      cp ${TARGET}/usr/share/iftools/network.conf ${TARGET}/etc/network.conf
+    fi
+    ;;
+  prerm)
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+  postrm)
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+esac

SRC/iftools/Makefile

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ dirs:
 	install -d -v -m 755 $(DESTDIR)/etc/network.d
 	install -d -v -m 755 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/iftools
 	install -d -v -m 755 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man{5,8}
+	install -d -v -m 755 $(DESTDIR)/sbin
 
 files:
+	install -v -m 755 ifup $(DESTDIR)/sbin/ifup
 	install -v -m 755 network.init $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/network
 	install -v -m 755 network.conf \
 		$(DESTDIR)/usr/share/iftools/network.conf
@@ -12,4 +14,10 @@ files:
 		$(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man5/network.conf.5
 	install -v -m 644 ifup.8 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man8/ifup.8
 
-install: dirs files
+links:
+	ln -s ifup.8 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man8/ifdown.8
+	ln -s ifup.8 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man8/ifreload.8
+	ln -s ifup $(DESTDIR)/sbin/ifdown
+	ln -s ifup $(DESTDIR)/sbin/ifreload
+
+install: dirs files links

SRC/iftools/ifup.8

@@ -5,30 +5,25 @@ ifup \- bring a network interface up
 ifdown \- take a network interface down
 .br
 ifreload \- reload interface configuration
-.br
-ifquery \- view current state of interfaces
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B ifup
 \f |
 .B ifdown
 \f |
 .B ifreload
-\f |
-.B ifquery
 \f <OPTIONS> <INTERFACES>
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR ifup " and " ifdown
-commands may be used to configure (or, respectively, deconfigure) network
+commands may be used to configure, or deconfigure network
 interfaces based on interface definitions in the file
 .IR /etc/network.conf ". The"
 .BR ifreload " command will perform an ifdown and ifup in one command."
-.BR ifquery " may be used to display the running configuration."
 .SH OPTIONS
 A summary of options is included below.
 .TP
-.BR \-a ", " \-\-all
+.BR \-a
-If given to \fBifup\fP, affect all interfaces marked \fBauto\fP.
+If given to \fBifup\fP, all interfaces marked \fBauto\fP are brought online.
 Interfaces are brought up in the order in which they are defined
 in
 .IR /etc/network.conf .
@@ -36,17 +31,17 @@ If given to \fBifdown\fP, affect all defined interfaces.
 Interfaces are brought down in the order in which they are
 listed in the configuration files.
 .TP
-.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
+.BR \-h
 Show summary of options.
 .TP
-.BR \-n ", " \-\-no\-act
+.BR \-n
-Don't configure any interfaces or run any "up" or "down" commands.
+Take no action, but output commands that would be executed.
 .TP
-.BR \-V ", " \-\-version
+.BR \-v
-Show copyright and version information.
+Show configuration steps as they are taken.
 .TP
-.BR \-v ", " \-\-verbose
+.BR \-V
-Show commands as they are executed.
+Show version information.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .TP
 .B ifup -a
@@ -62,25 +57,17 @@ Bring up interface
 .TP
 .B ifdown -a
 Bring down all interfaces that are currently up.
-.TP
-.B ifquery eth0
-Print the running configuration of eth0
 .SH NOTES
 .BR ifup ,
 .BR ifdown ,
-.BR ifreload ,
 and
-.BR ifquery
+.BR ifreload
 are actually the same program called by different names.
 .P
 The program does not configure network interfaces directly;
 it runs low level utilities such as
 .BR ip
 to do its dirty work.
-.P
-When invoked a check will be performed to verify that there
-are no other instances running. If another instance is
-detected the program will exit with an error.
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 .I /etc/network.conf
@@ -88,9 +75,6 @@ definitions of network interfaces
 See
 .BR network.conf (5)
 for more information.
-.TP
-.I /run/network/ifstate
-current state of network interfaces
 .SH AUTHOR
 iftools was written by Jay Larson <jlarson@snaplinux.org>. The functionality is loosely based on the ifupdown suite written by Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>.
 .SH SEE ALSO

SRC/iftools/network.conf

@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
 
-# An example of an interface automatically started on boot with dhcp
-#auto eth0
-#iface eth0 inet dhcp
-
-# Another example with a static IP and static route
-#iface eth1 inet static
-#	address 192.168.0.202
-#	netmask 255.255.255.0
-#	gateway 192.168.0.1
-#	route 192.168.3.0 via 192.168.0.100
-
-# This requests that all files in /etc/network.d be appended
 source-directory network.d

SRC/iftools/network.conf.5

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ There can be multiple "auto" stanzas.
 brings the named interfaces up in the order listed.
 .P
 Lines beginning with "source-directory" are used to source multiple
-files at once. All non-dotted files within the directory are sourced
+files at once. All non-dotted files ending in .conf within the directory
-in lexical order.
+are sourced in lexical order.
 .P
 When sourcing directories, if a path doesn't have a leading slash
 it's considered relative to the directory containing the network.conf

SRC/iftools/network.init

@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:            $network
-# Required-Start:      $local_fs swap localnet
+# Required-Start:      $local_fs swap
-# Required-Stop:       $local_fs swap localnet
+# Required-Stop:       $local_fs swap
 # Should-Start:        $syslog
 # Should-Stop:         $syslog
 # Default-Start:       3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:        0 1 2 6
-# Short-Description:   Starts and configures network interfaces.
+# Short-Description:   Start and configure network interfaces
-# Description:         Starts and configures network interfaces.
+# X-Required:          true
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
 case "$1" in
   start)
-    log_info_msg "Bringing up network interfaces"
+    log_init_msg "Bringing up network interfaces"
     ifup -a && log_success_msg || log_failure_msg
     ;;
   stop)
-    log_info_msg "Bringing down network interfaces"
+    log_init_msg "Bringing down network interfaces"
     ifdown -a && log_success_msg || log_failure_msg
     ;;
 
   reload|restart)
-    log_info_msg "Restarting network interfaced"
+    log_init_msg "Restarting network interfaces"
     ifreload -a && log_success_msg || log_failure_msg
     ;;