Use /etc/network/interfaces.d instead of /etc/network/interfaces, so we can get rid of config-package-dev displaceing /etc/network/interfaces.
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Build_Documentation/Physical_Isolation instructions would require updating.
I am currently trying to get rid of this hack:
https://github.com/nrgaway/qubes-template-whonix/blob/be0c1f53cc10a3ccb8628d132da35006225bdff6/whonix-gateway/02_install_groups_pre.sh#L122-L130
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
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:
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1067
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.
use /etc/network/interfaces.d instead of /etc/network/interfaces - https://phabricator.whonix.org/T347:
disabled ifupdown service in Qubes-Whonix, since not required and conflicting with non-Qubes-Whonix /etc/network/interfaces.d/30_non-qubes-whonix:
https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-whonix/commit/520479ed66254f5cd93705ef34336e1c7a4b99ef
no need to replace ip's in /etc/network/interfaces.whonix - https://phabricator.whonix.org/T347:
https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-whonix/commit/b251a4af0a20738446e1cc16bc31d59f52ba7350