On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 06:22:14PM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: > > Thus, what about this: > > auto mac/00:16:0a:26:99:c6/=en0 > > iface en0 inet6 static > > address 3:1415:9265:3589:7932:3846:2643:3832/64 > > gateway 3:1415:9265:3589::1 > > rename > > > > With the rename command taking an optional argument (the new name) that > > defaults to the logical name (ie, after =). > > Yes, that should be implementable.
Actually, that is not as easy as it sounds. It works in the above
example because mac/00:16:0a:26:99:c6 would still match en0 after the
rename, but that is not always true. For example, doing auto /eth0/=en0
means the pattern eth0 matches on ifup, but it no longer matches when
you do ifdown. Also, ifupdown supports changing the MAC address of an
interface, so even mac/.../ patterns are problematic.
It's better to split it:
rename mac/00:16:0a:26:99:c6/=en0
auto en0
iface en0 ...
And do the renames whenever ifup is run, before it processes anything
else.
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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <g...@debian.org>
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