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 1A04D138010 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:41:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 72F69E07A6; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:41:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B415E078A for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:41:04 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxIHF/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMBBgsPBSU3GodxBsEtjWGCSGEDjX6IDoV+iHCBXoMT X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxIHF/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMBBgsPBSU3GodxBsEtjWGCSGEDjX6IDoV+iHCBXoMT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="6130872" Received: from 69-196-129-197.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.129.197]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 31 Mar 2013 04:40:59 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:41:01 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:41:01 -0400 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Request of news item review: 2013-03-29-udev-predictable-network-interface-names.en.txt Message-ID: <20130331084101.GA5674@waltdnes.org> References: <51554C37.4000508@gentoo.org> <51557D48.5010008@flameeyes.eu> <51558704.20904@gentoo.org> <201303291424.45080.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <51559AA4.3030704@gentoo.org> <5155A91E.9000009@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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5155A91E.9000009@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 7886e809-ad1f-4de1-8d64-1f8ef78200d7 X-Archives-Hash: 116ddb6e906b8fd0b31d814d46fd129b On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 04:45:50PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote > Those 70-* and 80-* are in udev pkg_postinst, this news item, > everywhere... can all 3 be deleted if you haven't modified them yourself. > > So that leaves one... local.rules... dunno about that. I'm curious. One paragraph you should add to the news item is... ======================================================================= Users who change interface names will need to search, as root, for references to eth[0-9] in their config files. Then they will have to change the config files to reflect the new names. At least the following search is suggested... grep -rl eth[0-9] /etc /var/lib Also any custom firewall/routing/network scripts in other locations should be searched for references to eth[0-9]. ======================================================================= -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications