I'm shocked, shocked!

[Michael Hennebry]

On Mon, 1 Jun 2015, J.Witvliet at mindef.nl wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Tom H
> Sent: zondag 31 mei 2015 15:23
> To: Fedora Users
> Subject: Re: I'm shocked, shocked!
>
> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> To see that the "predictable" network name for my one and only
>> ethernet port has changed once again.
>> On fedora 22 eno1 is what used to be em1.
>
> That's because you've moved from one "predictable" scheme to another...

That is not a good enough excuse.
*By design*, Fedora is a high-turnover distribution.
Changing a naming scheme that security software relies on is a big deal.

I'd suggest two utilities.
One would record the current names and
their mac addresses in a plain text file.
The other would take such a file and update a configuration
file to associate the names and mac addresses.
The format of the file should remain constant between releases.

-- 
Michael   hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical
reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young
goat to your SCSI chain now and then."   --   John Woods