Bug 502986

Summary:	doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=4&chap=2 is outdated for >=sys-fs/udev-210
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) <ssuominen>
Component:	Installation Handbook	Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	docs-team
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=4&chap=2
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Bug Depends on:	505962
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Description Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-02-27 19:29:21 UTC

First of all, I'm filing this bug early as >=sys-fs/udev-210 is not in stable yet, so I don't think anything should be done before it is.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=4&chap=2#doc_chap4 is referencing a file called '80-net-name-slot.rules' which no longer exists in newer >=sys-fs/udev-210.

The configuration is now at /lib/systemd/network/99-default.link, and that you can override in /etc/systemd/network/99-default.link
The trigger for that configuration is at /lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules, which you can override at /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules

So either, overriding the .link file or the new .rules file works, I don't know which one you want to document, but since the actual configuration is in the .link file, maybe that's the best place, so:

# ln -s /dev/null /etc/systemd/network/99-default.link

Or all of this can be removed, and simply document the kernel parameter 'net.ifnames=0' which works in all udev versions

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-04-12 12:09:49 UTC

Thanks, the document now only refers to the kernel boot parameter (in CVS, will show up on the site in an hour or so).