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Re: network trouble on stretch

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On 03.09.17 20:09, Glenn English wrote:
> I looked on the 'Net, asking why the interface names were changed. I
> found a good reason: sometimes the ethn names aren't reliably
> consistent. Fine, I say, you've figured how to make them consistent.
> That's no reason to change the names from a meaningful 4 or 5 chars to
> 11, chosen by /dev/urandom.

Most eloquently put, and you speak for thousands.

> Somebody's selling the Debian management a pile of bull excrement.

Noo-oo, I firmly believe they're smoking it.

In addition to Fungi4All's solution, there's also ifrename (in package
of same name):

DESCRIPTION
 Ifrename is a tool allowing you to assign a consistent name to each of
 your network interfaces.

But Fungi4All's solution is so easy to use that I'm won over, and
have implemented it here.

Erik

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network trouble on stretch Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2017-09-03 22:20 +0200
  Re: network trouble on stretch Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-09-04 00:30 +0200
    Re: network trouble on stretch Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2017-09-04 06:10 +0200
    Re: network trouble on stretch Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-09-04 07:40 +0200
  Re: network trouble on stretch Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-09-04 05:10 +0200
  Re: network trouble on stretch Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2017-09-04 10:10 +0200
    Re: network trouble on stretch Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-09-04 10:50 +0200
      Re: network trouble on stretch Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2017-09-04 12:00 +0200
      Re: network trouble on stretch Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-09-04 13:20 +0200
        Re: network trouble on stretch Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-09-04 14:30 +0200
          Re: network trouble on stretch Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2017-09-04 17:50 +0200

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