Re: Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

2015-06-03 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Stephan Seitz > On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 12:01:34PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > >However, on a desktop you don't ever care about the device names, and > > Of course you do. How will you use tcpdump or tshark without the > device names? In most desktop setups a „tcpdump -i eth0” is the right >

Re: Making a .deb file to be added into the debian repository.

2015-06-03 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 8:17 AM, ea he wrote: > The goal is to have my open source forum software added to the debian > software center / package manager. What should I do first to try to get the > software into the debian repository? Please read this document: http://mentors.debian.net/intro-mai

Making a .deb file to be added into the debian repository.

2015-06-03 Thread ea he
I have a forum php / mysql software that I need to create a .deb for. I would like to create the .deb file so that it can be installed into the apache2 default-site folder, xampp htdocs, or both but I have noticed that both phpbb3 and mediawiki deb files installs into /var/lib and /usr/share. Is th

Making a .deb file to be added into the debian repository.

2015-06-03 Thread ea he
I have a forum php / mysql software that I need to create a .deb for. I would like to create the .deb file so that it can be installed into the apache2 default-site folder, xampp htdocs, or both but I have noticed that both phpbb3 and mediawiki deb files installs into /var/lib and /usr/share. Is th

Re: Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

2015-06-03 Thread Vincent Danjean
Le 03/06/2015 12:59, Marco d'Itri a écrit : > On Jun 03, Vincent Danjean wrote: > >>> stretch+1 (or maybe +2): >>> - Check existance/non-emptiness of >>> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules in udev.preinst, >>> Show critical debconf note, and refuse to upgrade >> No. It is always

Re: Invoking ‘init’ from an init.d script (Wheezy)

2015-06-03 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 17:26:21 +0200 Alexander Thomas wrote: [...] > The long story: > > We have a setup with multiple servers (running Wheezy). When booting, > the servers check whether updates are available on a master server. If > available, they are pulled in through a dist-upgrade. This > chec

Invoking ‘init’ from an init.d script (Wheezy)

2015-06-03 Thread Alexander Thomas
The short question: Is it acceptable to boot a server into runlevel 1, and then invoke "init 2" from an /etc/rc1.d script to interrupt the execution of any further scripts in that runlevel and continue in RL2? The long story: We have a setup with multiple servers (running Wheezy). When booting,

Re: Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

2015-06-03 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 12:01:34PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: However, on a desktop you don't ever care about the device names, and Of course you do. How will you use tcpdump or tshark without the device names? In most desktop setups a „tcpdump -i eth0” is the right command. higher-level fir

Re: Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

2015-06-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2015-06-03 at 13:11 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 03.06.2015 um 12:59 schrieb Marco d'Itri: > > On Jun 03, Vincent Danjean wrote: > > > >>> stretch+1 (or maybe +2): > >>> - Check existance/non-emptiness of > >>> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules in udev.preinst, > >>>

Re: Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

2015-06-03 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 03.06.2015 um 12:59 schrieb Marco d'Itri: > On Jun 03, Vincent Danjean wrote: > >>> stretch+1 (or maybe +2): >>> - Check existance/non-emptiness of >>> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules in udev.preinst, >>> Show critical debconf note, and refuse to upgrade >> No. It is alway

Re: Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

2015-06-03 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jun 03, Vincent Danjean wrote: > > stretch+1 (or maybe +2): > > - Check existance/non-emptiness of > > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules in udev.preinst, > > Show critical debconf note, and refuse to upgrade > No. It is always a real pain when a preinst script fails. This pa

Re: Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

2015-06-03 Thread Vincent Danjean
Le 03/06/2015 12:01, Martin Pitt a écrit : > stretch+1 (or maybe +2): > - Check existance/non-emptiness of > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules in udev.preinst, > Show critical debconf note, and refuse to upgrade No. It is always a real pain when a preinst script fails. It is (ne

Re: Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

2015-06-03 Thread Martin Pitt
Martin Pitt [2015-06-03 12:01 +0200]: > | $ cat /lib/systemd/network/01-mac-for-usb.link > | [Match] > | Path=*-usb-* > | > | [Link] > | NamePolicy=kernel database mac onboard slot path > | MACAddressPolicy=persistent Sorry, that was an old version. We want this: NamePolicy=kernel databas

Proposal v2: enable stateless persistant network interface names

2015-06-03 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello all, some 4 weeks ago I sent a first proposal to change persistent network interface naming away from our current /lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules (which is inherently racy and doesn't apply to all virtualized environments) to udev's "net.ifnames": https://lists.debian.