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Re: Bug#363598: udev should conflict with ifrename



On 04/21/06 10:19:46AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Apr 20, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@mimuw.edu.pl> wrote:
> 
> > Idea: if /etc/iftab is present on upgrade, you can consume it, producing 
> > relevant rules in that place (and displaying a message to the admin).
> An even better idea is, on the upgrade introducing persistent interface
> names, to write rules which reflect the current names no matter what
> configured them.

But won't that miss any devices that aren't in the system right at that
moment, such as PCMCIA/USB wifi cards?

Jim.



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