udev does not read LINK files dynamically

[Geoff]

Hello all,

To comply to SystemD's way of thinking, NIC names can be changed assuming my MAC addresses.

I have then changed /etc/systemd/10-net.link assuming the nomenclature in https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.link.html.

Expected behavior: When restart, changes can be taken into account and NIC names changed, just like udev udev raw rules in /etc/udev/rules.d.

Got: NIC names not changed. However: whane re-updating initramfs ( # update-initramfs -u ), it works.

Question: why is udev not reading SystemD link files directly in the root FS, but is able to read udev rules.d files ?

Distro : Ubuntu 16.04.4

Thanks,

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[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

please reopen if this is still an issue