Network devices with a MAC with prefix 2c:c2:60 should not be have a persistent rule

Same patch for Lucid's udev

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This bug was fixed in the package udev - 175-0ubuntu17

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udev (175-0ubuntu17) raring; urgency=low

  * Add ignore-ravello-systems-virtual-ifaces.patch: Do not create persistent
    net rules for Ravello Systems MAC addresses. Thanks to Boris Figovsky for
    the patch. (LP: #1099278)
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:35:56 -0800

I've uploaded this to the precise-proposed queue but a test case would be helpful.

Here is a test case for the patch:
- Boot an Ubuntu guest (with the new udev package version) on top of Ravello, KVM or VMWare, while specifying the MAC to start with 2c:c2:60;
- Ensure that /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules inside the guest has no rules.

Before I submitted the patch I tested it by:
- copying /lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules inside guest hard-disk;
- patching /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules with the proposed patch inside guest hard-disk; and -
- booting the guest as described above.

In case injecting a new udev package is impossible before boot:
- boot with old udev package;
- clean-up /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules;
- install new udev package;
- reboot.

Hello Boris, or anyone else affected,

Accepted udev into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/175-0ubuntu9.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

I have tested version 175-0ubuntu9.3 from precise-proposed.
The test was:
1) Boot the latest release of Ubuntu Precise Cloud-image (http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img) using my preferred virtualization technology, while specifying a random MAC of the form 2c:c2:60:XX:XX:XX;
2) Clean-up /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
3) Install proposed udev package
4) Reboot the guest
5) Verify that /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules is clean

Note: due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/381104, I could not install proposed package inside the guest using chroot (so I do not have to boot it).

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

This bug was fixed in the package udev - 175-0ubuntu9.3

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udev (175-0ubuntu9.3) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Add ignore-ravello-systems-virtual-ifaces.patch: Do not create persistent
    net rules for Ravello Systems MAC addresses. Thanks to Boris Figovsky for
    the patch. (LP: #1099278)
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:22:22 -0800