[Bug 1277436] Re: biosdevname renaming rule not present in initramfs, leads to unpredictable names

[Margarita Manterola]

I'm attaching a debdiff of a package that includes an initramfs hook
that copies both the rule file and the binary necessary to have
biosdevname working at boot time.

** Patch added: "Debdiff with solution to the problem"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/biosdevname/+bug/1277436/+attachment/3972396/+files/biosdevname-initramfs.diff

** Description changed:

  The biosdevname package includes /lib/udev/rules.d/71-biosdevname.rules,
  which makes it rename the interfaces when the machine boots.  This is
  now installed by default in trusty, and so most machines will have this
  rename going on. However, the rule is not present in the initramfs, so
  that if there's any program that calls configure_networking (like
  dropbear does) during the initial boot, then the interface stays with
  the unrenamed name.
  
  What this means is that the interface is called something different
  depending on the fact that another program (dropbear) is installed or
  not.  This shouldn't be the case.
  
- The biosdevname rule should be copied into the initramfs inside the udev
- hook, like the other rules are.
+ The biosdevname rule should be copied into the initramfs, like other
+ udev rules are copied.

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Title:
  biosdevname renaming rule not present in initramfs, leads to
  unpredictable names

Status in “biosdevname” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The biosdevname package includes
  /lib/udev/rules.d/71-biosdevname.rules, which makes it rename the
  interfaces when the machine boots.  This is now installed by default
  in trusty, and so most machines will have this rename going on.
  However, the rule is not present in the initramfs, so that if there's
  any program that calls configure_networking (like dropbear does)
  during the initial boot, then the interface stays with the unrenamed
  name.

  What this means is that the interface is called something different
  depending on the fact that another program (dropbear) is installed or
  not.  This shouldn't be the case.

  The biosdevname rule should be copied into the initramfs, like other
  udev rules are copied.

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