For feisty+1 we plan to switch to using the static device name rules file, rather than iftab.
The correct behaviour would be that your two new cards get eth2 and eth3, but don't randomly swap (since eth0 and eth1 were "taken" by your previous cards). We can't steal those names back, because we have no way of knowing whether or not the device should be "present" -- they may be removable cards that you intend to reactivate later. The easiest solution is to give them new names, and require new configuration (a worst case would be a firewall/server where the machine randomly renumbered everything after a hardware change and got all the rules wrong) ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => udev -- /etc/iftab not updated after hardware change https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/102336 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
