Re: [systemd-devel] 99-default.link which such a high number ?
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 4:59 PM Mantas Mikulėnas wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 17:46 Francis Moreau wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I want to override /usr/lib/systemd/network/99-default.link so I need >> to create a file starting with "99-" prefix. >> >> This doesn't seem logical to me because the numbers are supposed to >> encode the priority however nothing is left to the user if the >> defaults used is 99. > > > It depends on whether the _first_ matching file is used, or whether the > _last_ matching file is used – different programs choose differently. (If the > program merges all files, it still depends on whether the first value of a > particular setting is used, or whether the last one is used.) > > As mentioned in systemd.link(5), udev only chooses one .link file per > interface – just the first one that matched – therefore 00 is the highest > priority. I see, thank you. -- Francis ___ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
Re: [systemd-devel] 99-default.link which such a high number ?
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 4:59 PM Mike Gilbert wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 10:46 AM Francis Moreau > wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I want to override /usr/lib/systemd/network/99-default.link so I need > > to create a file starting with "99-" prefix. > > > > This doesn't seem logical to me because the numbers are supposed to > > encode the priority however nothing is left to the user if the > > defaults used is 99. > > > > I find more logical for the defaults to use a small number such as 10. > > > > What am I missing ? > > To quote systemd.link(5): > > "The first (in lexical order) of the link files that matches a given > device is applied." > > So, lower numbered files take priority over higher numbered files, > assuming the device is matched. Oh thank you I missed this part. -- Francis ___ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
