Comment 0 for bug 1931578

[impact]

The ActivationPolicy= parameter was backported in bug 1664844, but when this is set to down (or always-down or manual) without also specifying RequiredForOnline=no, then there is a hang at boot waiting for the network to finish coming online.

[test case]

With the latest systemd, which includes support for ActivationPolicy=, configure an interface with ActivationPolicy=down and reboot. The boot will be delayed waiting for that interface.

[regression potential]

any regression would likely cause the system to encounter delay at boot, or to boot before configured interface(s) are fully online at boot, or to fail to correctly/fully configure interface(s).

[scope]

this is needed for all releases

[other info]

this is only needed for convenience, as any configuration using ActivationPolicy=down can also easily add RequiredForOnline=no