Merge pull request #2759 from deldesir/drop-bridge-utils

Drop bridge-utils [and deprecate br0.j2]

iiab-network

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if [[ `command -v nmcli` ]]; then        # "command -v" is POSIX compliant; it c
 fi
 
 ip r >> iiab-network.log
-brctl show >> iiab-network.log
+bridge -d link >> iiab-network.log
 echo >> iiab-network.log
 echo "iiab-network run start: $Start" >> iiab-network.log
 echo "iiab-network run end: $End" >> iiab-network.log
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if [[ `command -v nmcli` ]]; then
     nmcli c
 fi
 ip r
-brctl show
+bridge -d link
 echo
 echo "iiab-network run start: $Start"
 echo "iiab-network run end: $End"

roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
   package:
     name:
       - acpid         # Daemon for ACPI (power mgmt) events
-      - bridge-utils    # DEPRECATED according to https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/bridge SEE PR #2752
       - bzip2         # 2021-04-26: Prob not used, but can't hurt?
       - curl          # Used to install roles/nodejs and roles/nodered
       #- etckeeper    # "nobody is really using etckeeper and it's bloating the filesystem every time apt runs" per @jvonau at https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1146
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
       - hostapd
       - htop
       - i2c-tools     # Low-level bus/chip/register/EEPROM tools e.g. for RTC
+      - iproute2
       - logrotate
       #- lynx         # Installed by 1-prep's roles/iiab-admin/tasks/access.yml
       - make          # 2021-04-26: What roles (if any) truly still use this?

roles/network/tasks/restart.yml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   command: /usr/bin/iiab-gen-iptables
 
 - name: Checking if WiFi slave is active
-  shell: brctl show br0 | grep {{ iiab_wireless_lan_iface }} | wc -l
+  shell: bridge -d link | grep {{ iiab_wireless_lan_iface }} | wc -l
 #  when: hostapd_enabled and discovered_wireless_iface != iiab_wan_iface and iiab_lan_iface == "br0"
   when: hostapd_enabled and iiab_lan_iface == "br0"
   register: wifi_slave

scripts/iiab-diagnostics

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ cat_cmd 'ip addr' 'Network interfaces'
 cat_cmd 'ifconfig' 'Network interfaces (old view)'
 cat_cmd 'ip route' 'Routing table'
 cat_cmd 'netstat -rn' 'Routing table (old view)'
-cat_cmd 'brctl show' 'Bridge for LAN side'
+cat_cmd 'bridge -d link' 'Bridge for LAN side'
 cat_cmd 'sudo netstat -natp' 'Ports/Services in use'
 cat_cmd 'systemctl status dnsmasq' 'Is dnsmasq running?'
 cat_cmd 'sudo journalctl -b 0 -u dnsmasq' 'dnsmasq log'