Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 3/5] ip link needs 'name' in 3.16 to create the veth pair

Hi Martin, On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 05:51 +0100, Martin Kletzander wrote: >> Instead of papering over the issue in libvirt better ship a non-broken iproute2 >> in openSUSE 13.2. >> real fix: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git/comm... >> > > Oh, thank you for finding that, I should've done my homework! Since > it really is just a bug on iproute2 side in openSUSE, I'd rather keep > it in its original state. And since the patch is already pushed, I'm > inclining to reverting it. > > Other opinions? Quoting a colleague of mine working on the network stack: [this is] a regression in (upstream) iproute2 3.16, fixed in 3.17. bnc#907093 has been created for it. (Factory is also affected but a submit request is already on its way.) So I think we should keep that for those running the buggy 3.16.