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diff --git a/metadata/news/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement.en.txt b/metadata/news/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement.en.txt index fd360d7c003f..c2b2b76c5d3b 100644 --- a/metadata/news/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement.en.txt +++ b/metadata/news/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement/2021-08-24-eudev-retirement.en.txt @@ -23,13 +23,25 @@ in order for Portage to replace eudev with sys-fs/udev once the package.mask is in place. We fully support udev on musl, whereas uclibc will still have to rely on eudev before also being removed on 2022-01-01. - **WARNING** + **WARNING 1** If you happen to have an INSTALL_MASK with a blanket "*systemd*" glob, you will inevitably break your system. sys-fs/udev contains "systemd" in some of its filenames, hence a blanket filter rule will likely lead to a non-functional udev installation. + + **WARNING 2** + +If you DO NOT want the "predictable interface naming" of newer versions +of udev and instead prefer the old style (e.g. "eth0"), there are several +options available. + +The simplest is to pass 'net.ifnames=0' on the kernel command line. + +See the wiki for more information: +https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Udev#Optional:_Disable_or_override_predictable_network_interface_naming. + Rationale The integration of udev into the systemd git repo introduced numerous |