[systemd-devel] 99-default.link which such a high number ?

[Francis Moreau]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 4:59 PM Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 17:46 Francis Moreau <francis.moro at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to override /usr/lib/systemd/network/99-default.link so I need
>> to create a file starting with "99-" prefix.
>>
>> This doesn't seem logical to me because the numbers are supposed to
>> encode the priority however nothing is left to the user if the
>> defaults used is 99.
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>
> It depends on whether the _first_ matching file is used, or whether the _last_ matching file is used – different programs choose differently. (If the program merges all files, it still depends on whether the first value of a particular setting is used, or whether the last one is used.)
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> As mentioned in systemd.link(5), udev only chooses one .link file per interface – just the first one that matched – therefore 00 is the highest priority.

I see, thank you.

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Francis