Package: ifrename Version: 30~pre9-8 Severity: normal Package ifrename provides an initscript to rename existing interfaces, so this should work without udev. But it has no dependencies on module-init-tools (or kmod) listed, so insserv sorts it before module-init-tools in rcS.d, and it is the module-init-tools who loads modules, and who may load NIC-related drivers too. The result is that it runs before m-i-t and hence does not see any network interface, so actual renaming is not happening.
(Note again: this is the case when no udev is being used). I tried to add "Should-Start: module-init-tools" to it, but that results in ifrename sorted the same as ifupdown, but obviously ifrename should run strictly before ifupdown. So I also added "Should-Start: ifrename" to ifupdown, but that turned into a cyclic dependency somehow. So I ended up calling ifrename explicitly from ifupdown, which is ugly but at least lets the system boot and be accessible over the network. This all is not relevant when udev is used, because ifrename provides necessary udev hooks, and udev is run definitely before ifupdown. But with udev, the ifrename initscript is not needed at all. So we should either fix the initscript, or drop it. I'd vote for the first approach... Thanks! /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
