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[Francesco Visin <fvisin@xxxxxxxxx>]

"If you look at upstart's log, you'll notice the following message:
Stopping or restarting the networking job is not supported.
Use ifdown & ifup to reconfigure desired interface."
This error message should at least be visible in the standard output. "stop: Job failed while stopping" is really not very informative.

Anyway, ifdown & ifup do not work unless you configure the network manually:
ifdown: interface eth0 not configured

while ifconfig up & down do, so I would change the error message:
sudo ifconfig eth0 down && sudo ifconfig eth0 up

"This was never a supported way to bounce the network, starting with 14.04, we changed the init script to fail rather than possibly trash your machine."
This doesn't seem like a solution to me: it was not supported, but it was still working in many cases. Now it doesn't work, ever. Please at least provide a working alternative in a visible (i.e., not the log) error message.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1301015

Title:
  Networking does not restart

Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu Server 14.04 it appears it is not possible to restart
  networking. This is fresh install from ISO.

  wirehive@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
  wirehive@ubuntu:~$ echo $?
  1
  wirehive@ubuntu:~$ sudo service networking restart
  stop: Job failed while stopping
  start: Job is already running: networking
  wirehive@ubuntu:~$ sudo bash -x /etc/init.d/networking restart
  + PATH=/sbin:/bin
  + RUN_DIR=/run/network
  + IFSTATE=/run/network/ifstate
  + STATEDIR=/run/network/state
  + '[' -x /sbin/ifup ']'
  + '[' -x /sbin/ifdown ']'
  + . /lib/lsb/init-functions
  +++ run-parts --lsbsysinit --list /lib/lsb/init-functions.d
  ++ for hook in '$(run-parts --lsbsysinit --list /lib/lsb/init-functions.d 2>/dev/null)'
  ++ '[' -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/20-left-info-blocks ']'
  ++ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/20-left-info-blocks
  ++ for hook in '$(run-parts --lsbsysinit --list /lib/lsb/init-functions.d 2>/dev/null)'
  ++ '[' -r /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/50-ubuntu-logging ']'
  ++ . /lib/lsb/init-functions.d/50-ubuntu-logging
  +++ LOG_DAEMON_MSG=
  ++ FANCYTTY=
  ++ '[' -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ']'
  ++ true
  + CONFIGURE_INTERFACES=yes
  + EXCLUDE_INTERFACES=
  + VERBOSE=no
  + '[' -f /etc/default/networking ']'
  + verbose=
  + '[' no = yes ']'
  + case "$1" in
  + init_is_upstart
  + '[' -x /sbin/initctl ']'
  + /bin/grep -q upstart
  + /sbin/initctl version
  + return 0
  + exit 1
  wirehive@ubuntu:~$ sudo bash -x service networking restart
  ++ basename service
  + VERSION='service ver. 0.91-ubuntu1'
  ++ basename service
  + USAGE='Usage: service < option > | --status-all | [ service_name [ command | --full-restart ] ]'
  + SERVICE=
  + ACTION=
  + SERVICEDIR=/etc/init.d
  + OPTIONS=
  + '[' 2 -eq 0 ']'
  + cd /
  + '[' 2 -gt 0 ']'
  + case "${1}" in
  + '[' -z '' -a 2 -eq 1 -a networking = --status-all ']'
  + '[' 2 -eq 2 -a restart = --full-restart ']'
  + '[' -z '' ']'
  + SERVICE=networking
  + shift
  + '[' 1 -gt 0 ']'
  + case "${1}" in
  + '[' -z networking -a 1 -eq 1 -a restart = --status-all ']'
  + '[' 1 -eq 2 -a '' = --full-restart ']'
  + '[' -z networking ']'
  + '[' -z '' ']'
  + ACTION=restart
  + shift
  + '[' 0 -gt 0 ']'
  + '[' -r /etc/init/networking.conf ']'
  + which initctl
  + grep -q upstart
  + initctl version
  + case "${ACTION}" in
  + stop networking
  stop: Job failed while stopping
  + :
  + exec start networking
  start: Job is already running: networking
  wirehive@ubuntu:~$

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