This assumption is incorrect.

You could have a route that points somewhere else if a certain interface is not available (e.g. VPNs).

This is probably bad network design, but I suppose that we did support this before.

> On 23 May 2023, at 18:23, Jonatan Schlag <jonatan.schlag(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> This reload can and needs to be done when an interface is started. Not only
> when all interfaces are started.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonatan Schlag <jonatan.schlag(a)ipfire.org>
> ---
> src/initscripts/networking/any | 2 ++
> src/initscripts/system/network | 2 --
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/initscripts/networking/any b/src/initscripts/networking/any
> index 6dba5bef9..ec1321ad9 100644
> --- a/src/initscripts/networking/any
> +++ b/src/initscripts/networking/any
> @@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ case "${1}" in
> ip addr add ${args} dev ${DEVICE}
> evaluate_retval
> fi
> +
> + /etc/rc.d/init.d/static-routes reload
> ;;
> 
> stop)
> diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/network b/src/initscripts/system/network
> index 6a47456f3..b346d487c 100644
> --- a/src/initscripts/system/network
> +++ b/src/initscripts/system/network
> @@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ case "${DO}" in
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/red start
> fi
> 
> - /etc/rc.d/init.d/static-routes start
> -
> boot_mesg "Mounting network file systems..."
> mount -a -O _netdev
> evaluate_retval
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>