Bug#351185: use ifrename -t

2006-02-16 Thread dean gaudet
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Guus Sliepen wrote: > The manual page says this about the -t option: > > -t Enable name takeover support. [...] This works only with kernel > 2.6.X and if the other interface is down. Consequently, this is not > compatible with Hotplug. [...] In any case, name swapping an

Bug#351185: use ifrename -t

2006-02-15 Thread dean gaudet
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Guus Sliepen wrote: > tags 351185 + wontfix > thanks > > On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 07:13:33PM -0800, dean gaudet wrote: > > > i think /etc/init.d/ifrename should use the -t option... which allows > > devices to take over already assigned device names... i just had an > > uns

Bug#351185: use ifrename -t

2006-02-14 Thread Guus Sliepen
tags 351185 + wontfix thanks On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 07:13:33PM -0800, dean gaudet wrote: > i think /etc/init.d/ifrename should use the -t option... which allows > devices to take over already assigned device names... i just had an > unstable box which was working ok with an /etc/iftab that exp

Bug#351185: use ifrename -t

2006-02-02 Thread dean gaudet
Package: ifrename Version: 27+28pre13-1 i think /etc/init.d/ifrename should use the -t option... which allows devices to take over already assigned device names... i just had an unstable box which was working ok with an /etc/iftab that explicitly specified eth0/eth1 mac addresses. then i upgra