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Bug#308894: add debconf questions for naming network interfaces



Christian Perrier wrote:
> Not sure whether this would be better reassigned to netcfg or
> ddetect. Joey?

ddetect.

We need to use nameif for interfaces anyway because the kernel enforces
no guaranteed names on interfaces except module load order, which is too
fragile to rely on and the cause of constant bugs as d-i and debian get
out of sync. Ubuntu already has a patch for at least renaming all
interfaces so the names are static.

Not sure about adding a question about interface names; netcfg already
uses link information to decide which one of multiple interfaces to use
and I'm not convinced renamingthe interfaces warrants another question
(in high priority anyway).

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see shy jo

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