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[Robert Taylor <1301015@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The other serious technical issue is that with "networking restart" no
longer supported either an init.d or upstart, there is no way to address
automated restarting any of the dependent network services that would
normally be restarted as a group (like nfs).  Any automated build
process is going to need to deal with configuration of not only the
interface devices (ifup/ifdown), but also the restart of dependent
network services to ensure that they are all updated with configuration
changes (that's the whole purpose of init.d, upstart and systemd - to
control the management and boot order of services and network
dependencies, including the restarting of them).

I understand that Ubuntu is moving to systemd in future releases, but
that isn't available in any of their current "LTS" releases and
enterprise environments cannot move major infrastructure to another OS
release that only has a 9 month support window.  Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is
going to be the major OS release used in enterprise environments  till
April 2019 - networking can't be left unsupported in both init.d and
upstart until 16.04 comes out.   With 10.04 LTS EOL shortly, this needs
to be addressed rather than forcing enterprise institutions to update
only to 12.04 LTS which expires in 2 years.

Please escalate this issue.

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Title:
  Networking does not restart

Status in ifupdown package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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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