[gutsy] [patch] iftab migration fails if mac addresses are uppercase

[MaxNegro]

Binary package hint: udev

I think the summary says it all, but anyway... :)

I had the following interfaces in /etc/iftab, and with feisty this was ok:

eth0 mac 00:0E:7B:A2:F7:2C
eth1 mac 00:0E:35:A9:3A:FF

When upgrading to gutsy, a couple of days ago, /etc/iftab was converted in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. Migration script commented out said interfaces in iftab, and copied mac addresses verbatim in new file. Then, it (i presume) added a couple more interfaces (eth2 and eth3) with same mac addresses, only lower case.

At boot, my interfaces were then named eth2 and eth3, breaking some of my previous configurations. A quick edit on 70-persistent-net.rules switched all back to normality, anyway I think this case should be addressed properly by upgrade process, in order not to confuse users.

Thank you for your time.

[MaxNegro (maxnegro)]

Quick patch to solve the problem. Did not investigate whether a more "global" approach should be used.

[Mary Gardiner (puzzlement)]

I confirm that this happened to me upgrading Feisty to the released version of gutsy.

[Sridhar Dhanapalan (sridhar)]

Confirmed for me as well, after an upgrade to Gutsy. Manually editing 70-persistent-net.rules did the trick.

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

udev (117-1) hardy; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - udev ancillary tools merged into a single udevadm binary.
    - dynamic rules may be created in /dev/.udev/rules.d
    - SYMLINK=="value" matches currently defined symlinks.
    - RUN{ignore_error} will ignore errors from programs.
    - vol_id recognises FAT partitions with 8192 sector size. LP: #147807.

  * debian/patches/10-git-linux_raid-1.0-metadata.patch:
    - Dropped, included in new upstream version.
  * debian/patches/80-extras-firmware.patch:
    - Change to add a new extra helper rather than patch the existing one,
      makes updating easier.

  * 00-init.rules:
    - Rename to 05-udev-early.rules to match upstream
  * 05-options.rules:
    - Do not remove static devices
  * 20-names.rules:
    - Update to 2.6.24-style usb_device objects
  * 40-permissions.rules:
    - Update to 2.6.24-style usb_device objects
    - Place SCSI type 4 devices into the cdrom group
  * 65-persistent-storage-tape.rules:
    - New upstream rules file for tape devices containing rules separated
      out from 65-persistent-storage.rules
  * 90-modprobe.rules:
    - Fix strange syntax error introduced by mjg59 leaving a note in the
      rule that wasn't in a comment.
  * 99-udevmonitor.rules:
    - Rename to 95-udev-late.rules to match upstream
    - Run REMOVE_CMD environment if it exists.

  * debian/migrate-iftab.pl:
    - Lowercase MAC addresses on migration. LP: #151786.
  * debian/udev.init:
    - Update all binaries to be calls to udevadm.
  * debian/udev.initramfs-hook:
    - Copy in udevadm rather than the symlinks to it.
    - Update filenames of early rules file.
    - Copy in late rules now we have udev monitor there.
  * debian/udev.initramfs-nfs:
    - Update all binaries to be calls to udevadm.
  * debian/udev.initramfs-premount:
    - Update all binaries to be calls to udevadm.
  * debian/udev.installer-startup:
    - Update all binaries to be calls to udevadm.

 -- Scott James Remnant <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:15:30 +0000