commit 082e28c58b505e4e2673e91d39d1ddce13852041
Author: Ivan Zakharyaschev <imz@altlinux.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 31 21:16:55 2008 +0300

    Report unnaming as an admissable event (but with a special sign).

commit 2be5e3bdb3052700a530cdbd0bd7fd6f24048c97
Author: Ivan Zakharyaschev <imz@altlinux.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 31 07:57:54 2008 +0300

    Improve the code: remove the name from a device if it's a wrong name.
    
    This should help in using profiled iftabs for selecting device names
    and a corresponding configuration.
    (cherry picked from commit 0967a67e02c045ea7f47ce3211051efd071184bb)
diff --git a/scripts/ifup b/scripts/ifup
index d17c7da..a68ffda 100755
--- a/scripts/ifup
+++ b/scripts/ifup
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ fi
 # 5. adjust name and configure iface
 IFTAB_FILE=`profiled_filename $IFTAB`
 if [ -s "$IFTAB_FILE" ]; then
+        # First let's check: perhaps the name belongs to a wrong device now!
+        # Then remove the name from that device:
+	if $IFRENAME -c "$IFTAB_FILE" -i "$NAME"; then
+		print_progress '%' # A special sign for the admissable event of expropriating the name from an old device. 
+	else
+		print_progress
+	fi
+	# Now, let's find the right device for this name:
 	if $IFRENAME -c "$IFTAB_FILE" -n "$NAME"; then
 		print_progress
 	else