Hell, believe or not, I had read along man system.link several times, but I would wish to be able to understand all these little subtleties. "All link files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order, regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files with identical filenames replace each other. Files in /etc have the highest priority, files in /run take precedence over files with the same name in /usr/lib." Go figure...
There are plenty of recipes on the Internet telling the reader to disable the damned "novelty" https://askubuntu.com/questions/767786/changing-network-interfaces-name-ubuntu-16-04 https://serverfault.com/questions/837454/interface-will-not-rename-under-systemd etc https://www.google.com.ua/search?q=ubuntu+systemd+link+rename+interfaces Most often, what is forgotten, is regeneration of initramfs file after .link changes But also, sometimes numeric prefix of the .link file name is forgotten as well So, this is not working, frustrating, infuriating the user and making him want to disable the damned thing altogether. As for me, just now, I managed to guess that .links preventing renaming of VLAN interfaces should have earlier prefixes than ones binding known interface names to their MAC addresses (as VLAN iface has the same MAC) This was a really hard-earned knowledge because there are no usable HOWTOs about these "novelties" https://askubuntu.com/questions/791149/prevent-vlan-and-bridge-interface-rename-to-renamex-form https://www.prolixium.com/blog?id=1023 https://www.google.com.ua/search?q=ubuntu+systemd+vlan+link+rename So, with current system documentation, unless you don't have an existing working sample for copying, you are doomed to guessworks, spitting and cursing until you guess what to write where and how to name it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1708166 Title: systemd/udev does not rename network interfaces specified in .link files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1708166/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
