Thanks, it looks like this bug was introduced by Kay when adjusting the string util functions:
committer: Kay Sievers <[email protected]> timestamp: Wed 2009-05-20 17:57:52 +0200 message: use more efficient string copying /* free our own name, another process may wait for us */ - util_strlcpy(ifr.ifr_newname, udev_device_get_sysname(dev), IFNAMSIZ); - util_strlcat(ifr.ifr_newname, "_rename", IFNAMSIZ); + util_strscpy(ifr.ifr_newname, IFNAMSIZ, udev_device_get_sysname(dev)); + util_strscpy(ifr.ifr_newname, IFNAMSIZ, "_rename"); ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Scott James Remnant (scott) -- udev fail to rename netif at startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416782 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
