[Bug 1567744] Re: USB NICs get too long name for ifupdown aliases or bridge names

[Zhu Shengli]

I don't understand why this is a won't fix bug.

If users pick a long NIC name by themselves, then it's users'
responsibility to fix it. But apparently this is not the case, it's an
unexpected behavior caused by internal conflicts of different linux
components.

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Title:
  USB NICs get too long name for ifupdown aliases or bridge names

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  I have a USB NIC that is connected to my denial system. I tried to
  create an alias, and after reboot, it wasn't created. When I manually
  try to bring it up I have the error.

  /e/n/i:

  auto enx000ec688b79f
  iface enx000ec688b79f inet static
          address 10.90.90.1
          netmask 255.255.255.0

  auto enx000ec688b79f:1
  iface enx000ec688b79f:1 inet static
          address 192.168.100.1
          netmask 255.255.255.0

  ubuntu at maas00:~$ sudo ifup enx000ec688b79f
  ubuntu at maas00:~$ sudo ifup enx000ec688b79f:1
  RTNETLINK answers: Numerical result out of range
  Failed to bring up enx000ec688b79f:1.

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