Am 03.07.19 um 16:12 schrieb Michael Biebl: > Am 03.07.19 um 15:50 schrieb andreimpope...@gmail.com: >> Please kindly confirm this Release Notes entry is needed/correct/etc. >> https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#migrate-interface-names >> >> #919390 appears to contradict /usr/share/doc/udev/README.Debian.gz. > > In short: yes please keep this section in the release notes. > We still ship > https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/blob/master/debian/patches/debian/Revert-udev-network-device-renaming-immediately-give.patch > in buster, which sort of makes 70-persistent-net.rules work most of the > time. > This patch is a horrible hack though and has already been removed in the > experimental branch which will be buster+1 > https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/commit/3d45a7af959cf260bffcb1ad0262973b5750ae36 > > We want people to switch to the new naming scheme for two reasons: > 1/ It makes buster backports of newer systemd versions possible > 2/ People are already prepared when they upgrade to buster+1. Say the > buster+1 kernel fails, they can still boot with the buster kernel+initramfs. > > > I can go into more detail but hope that clarifies the situation. >
To sum this up: While an existing 70-persistent-net.rules might still work most of the time in buster, it is no longer a supported scheme by the pkg-systemd-maintainer team. And in buster+1 it will most likely be completely broken withouth the patch I referenced above. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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