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[Pieter Lenaerts <e-type AT sourcemage.org>]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 03:01:54PM +0200, Thomas Orgis wrote:
> Am Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:23:24 +0200
> schrieb Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>:
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 02:10:13PM +0200, Pieter Lenaerts wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 12:59:24PM +0200, Thomas Orgis wrote:
> > > > Am Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:24:28 +0200
> > > > schrieb Pieter Lenaerts <e-type AT sourcemage.org>:
> > > you _can_ _not_ use a volatile field as an identifier.
> At least in theory, network scripts can keep track of their
> renamings. They can store the "real" MAC behind the "now" MAC somewhere...

no, you are taking more complicated paths just to hold on to these mac
variables where we could just use /sys/class/net/ fields that _never_
change for a device on a bus in the case of name and mac changes

why would we want some complicated script that knows its way around
constantly changing variables that might even change behind it's back
while we can just use something _static_ ?
> 
> Fred is now called Karl.
>       Who is Karl?
> The guy formerly called Fred.

this comparison does not make sense at all.

user must be able to do whatever he wants without netconf trippin
because it was bypassed. netconf would expect mac X formerly know as
Y while it was allready renamed to Z...

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Pieter Lenaerts
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