ifupdown2 3.10 release

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+ifupdown2 (3.10.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New: support IPv6 VXLAN local tunnel addresses and address-family changes.
+  * New: add policy-gated single-speed auto-negotiation for switch ports.
+  * Fix: preserve VXLAN, bridge, bond, VRF, and SVI state during reload.
+  * Fix: harden DHCP transitions, gateway handling, and IPv6 address purging.
+  * Fix: handle malformed interface input and additional netlink route formats.
+  * Fix: bound networking service startup and correct shutdown ordering.
+
+ -- Julien Fortin <jfortin@nvidia.com>  Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0200
+
 ifupdown2 (3.9.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New: ifreload: new --diff cli argument: only reload delta between /e/n/i

debian/control

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
                python3-docutils
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0.2
 Homepage: https://github.com/cumulusnetworks/ifupdown2
-X-Python-Version: >= 3.7
+X-Python3-Version: >= 3.7
 
 Package: ifupdown2
 Architecture: all

debian/ifupdown2.networking.service

@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ After=systemd-udev-settle.service
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 SyslogIdentifier=networking
+TimeoutStartSec=3600s
 TimeoutStopSec=30s
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/networking
 ExecStart=/usr/share/ifupdown2/sbin/start-networking start
 ExecStop=/usr/share/ifupdown2/sbin/start-networking stop
 ExecReload=/usr/share/ifupdown2/sbin/start-networking reload
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=basic.target network.target shutdown.target
+WantedBy=basic.target network.target

debian/ifupdown2.postinst

@@ -86,13 +86,28 @@ postinst_remove_diverts()
     _postinst_remove_diverts "/usr/share/man/man5/interfaces.5.gz"
 }
 
+remove_obsolete_shutdown_wants()
+{
+    link=/etc/systemd/system/shutdown.target.wants/networking.service
+    if [ -L "$link" ]; then
+        target=$(readlink -f "$link" 2>/dev/null || true)
+        case "$target" in
+            /lib/systemd/system/networking.service|\
+            /usr/lib/systemd/system/networking.service)
+                rm -f "$link"
+            ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+}
+
 case "$1" in
     configure)
         fix_dhclient_file_with_space
         process_etc_network_interfaces
         process_udev
         chmod +x /usr/share/ifupdown2/__main__.py
         postinst_remove_diverts
+        remove_obsolete_shutdown_wants
     ;;
 
     abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)

ifupdown2/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__version__ = '3.9.0'
+__version__ = '3.10.0'
 
 # Copyright (C) 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Cumulus Networks, Inc. All rights reserved
 #