From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A58C138575 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:20:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A81FFE068E; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:20:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f170.google.com (mail-ob0-f170.google.com [209.85.214.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC164E066E for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:20:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f170.google.com with SMTP id wp18so4779623obc.1 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:20:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=RmhcpwWQDD8C1GGaFa4caFlY1gTtAZ7VIEs3aSkKL2o=; b=TQJuwLDfA5a+IM01mhTqYXocKGRAg/4SfVDnbnja8kve8zQyp+w2NRKcV4ws7QXP7P rlpk9CXDoCt679Jv7DVhv8SiiXQgoQsdU/2SFMoHkWsNGLKzuSOcgW0dWy+ypwhNoQ+2 F6BVrkuTLK0VljVEOaKutWCBfrMt3Yg6yN1AdxEOo4g9XjgCvnheNgauEkeb8i9UI23T aT3RWNcTnrPbIrXHBo5jbQ1gUk9Omw5ubgutYHxIa3LkkcpJSVwJP+AimBAhF9XYcBPN 32OV0oriXFRZgScRDknC7pdCRYEb/ixSNW4rQMGCnXisPT0yCiCuYhjKI9ONEf7B9gbh W5uQ== X-Received: by 10.182.12.101 with SMTP id x5mr10117325obb.47.1358619627894; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:20:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from linux1 (cpe-76-187-88-199.tx.res.rr.com. [76.187.88.199]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k4sm6627454oeb.5.2013.01.19.10.20.23 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:20:25 -0800 (PST) Sender: William Hubbs Received: by linux1 (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:20:22 -0600 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:20:22 -0600 From: William Hubbs To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] call for testers: udev predictable network interface names Message-ID: <20130119182022.GA24258@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20130109221310.GA1749@linux1> <50F93EEB.4070609@gmail.com> <50F94F19.6020407@gentoo.org> <20130118145440.GA19379@linux1> <50F9653E.60009@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50F9653E.60009@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: b25aab23-eda3-4d57-8fd6-af8492723b23 X-Archives-Hash: 998fc19b154726da18aecefbacade5a0 --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:07:42AM -0500, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 >=20 > On 18/01/13 09:54 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 08:33:13AM -0500, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 > >>=20 > >> On 18/01/13 07:24 AM, vivo75@gmail.com wrote: > >>> Since for servers predictable names are useful and for desktop=20 > >>> (which usually have only one ethernet that never change) Is it=20 > >>> possible to set desktop profiles to still use ethX, and base=20 > >>> profile to use new naming scheme? > >>>=20 > >>> For wireless situation may be different, many of them are=20 > >>> external, could wireless be managed differently? > >>>=20 > >>=20 > >> In short, no. At least, not unless the functionality that is=20 > >> currently a configure-time thing is changed into a=20 > >> build-time/install-time thing controlled via a use flag. > >=20 > > Actually,this is how I set you up by dropping the file in=20 > > /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules. > >=20 > > Nothing changes on your system unless you remove this file and do > > not have 70-persistent-net.rules. > >=20 > > William > >=20 >=20 > ..right, but default behaviour can't be changed automatically > depending on what profile you're on, as vivo requested, since profiles > don't control configuration (just use flags) Right, and we have a policy against using use flags to control the installation of configuration files. vivo, what is your concern here exactly? William --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlD64+YACgkQblQW9DDEZTjQ9ACeKBIgMPAjG5YjFfLetTABlcQ/ uVsAn086nz4h8xzCAtxCSba1O3CRmlot =8d8+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--