On Fri, 2014-02-14 at 14:43 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2014-02-14 at 14:11 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > > Ralf Mardorf writes: > > > On Fri, 2014-02-14 at 06:59 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > > > I still cringe when I think of the first time I replaced ethernet card > > > > in a server and udev changed the name > > > > I had to patch the udev conf in a VM image template to overcome this :). > > > > > During setting up Arch Linux with systemd the device name switched from > > > eth0 to enp3s0 on my machine. > > > > Any reason for this? > > > > This could create "a certain amount of work" to people used to > > automate things by means of shell scripts... > > It's not only work to edit scripts, but also a pain to remember such a > counterintuitive name. IMO eth_ is easy to remember, whereas enp_s_ is > horrible. When I had to troubleshoot why linux-rt > 3.8 doesn't run on > my machine I didn't use my Arch install and journalctl, but compiled all > the kernels for Debian and used the old faithful Debian log files. I > didn't find the issue, but at least I could handle those old log files, > while using journalctl makes me think about Seppuku :D. > However, we need to become used to systemd, SysVinit/initscripts have no > future, so we shouldn't waste additional time for lamenting ;). > > Yes, it's "a certain amount of work", perhaps we will used to it > after a while. I'm using systemd since a long time now, but I was to > lazy to care much about it and I like my Debian without systemd, while > regarding to other "things" I prefer my Arch Linux install.
PS: [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /usr/local/sbin/alice [snip] ip link set enp3s0 up [snip] I don't use NetworkManger and things like that, but write scripts. Fortunately editors have options to replace terms. Perhaps you can write a script to automatically change such terms without using an editor. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1392385733.7260.124.camel@archlinux
