Re: [gentoo-dev] call for testers: udev predictable network interface names

[William Hubbs]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:07:42AM -0500, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
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> On 18/01/13 09:54 AM, William Hubbs wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 08:33:13AM -0500, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
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> >> On 18/01/13 07:24 AM, vivo75@×××××.com wrote:
> >>> Since for servers predictable names are useful and for desktop
> >>> (which usually have only one ethernet that never change) Is it
> >>> possible to set desktop profiles to still use ethX, and base
> >>> profile to use new naming scheme?
> >>>
> >>> For wireless situation may be different, many of them are
> >>> external, could wireless be managed differently?
> >>>
> >>
> >> In short, no.  At least, not unless the functionality that is
> >> currently a configure-time thing is changed into a
> >> build-time/install-time thing controlled via a use flag.
> >
> > Actually,this is how I set you up by dropping the file in
> > /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules.
> >
> > Nothing changes on your system unless you remove this file and do
> > not have 70-persistent-net.rules.
> >
> > William
> >
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> ..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