Ability to ignore link state #183

I am trying to make ifstate work on my laptop and the current issue i ran into is that:

1. i want to have ifstate manage wlan0, but only by moving it to the correct netns (i want to use netns' for full VPNifying on public wifi)
2. let iwd manage the routes, address and link state

Ifstate currently allows me to ignore the routes and addresses, but it insists on forcing the link state either to up or down, but i would want ignore, or keep.

You just need to override the interface defaults. There is a built-in which also sets the state to shutdown (visible with ifstatecli showall, look for default_builtin). So all you need is:

# see also: https://ifstate.net/schema/2.3/#parameters_defaults_itemsparameters:defaults:- match:- ifname:^wlan0$# clear_addresses: true clear_fdb:trueclear_neighbours:trueclear_tc:truelink:# state: downmaster:null

(I only removed/commented the settings for ip addresses and states, the other settings would still be cleared if not removed.)

IMHO the question is answered, so closing this issue. Feel free to reopen if that does not match your requirements.