start up script trouble

[jmt <jmt@dxdydz.net>]

Hello,

I am trying to configure ipv6 on a machine. The configuration file (
/etc/network/interfaces) contains :

auto eth0

# this is for ipv4
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.119.119
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.119.0
        broadcast 192.168.119.255
        gateway 192.168.119.127

# this is for ipv6
iface eth0 inet6 static
        address 2001:7a8:2280:119::119
        netmask 64

Networking is started at boot time by the script /etc/init.d/networking

If I do a ifconfig, I get for eth0 only the ipv4 address and the link local 
ipv6 address (fe80:: ...)
To enable eth0 with its static address, I have to put this interface down and 
up again with ifup.

Do I have  to write a special startup script for using ip6 ?

jmt