exp_name        => "symlink-only2",
                exp_target      => "link",
                rules           => <<EOF
-BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", SYMLINK="symlink-only1"
-BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", SYMLINK="symlink-only2"
-BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", NAME="link", SYMLINK="symlink0"
+BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", SYMLINK+="symlink-only1"
+BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", SYMLINK+="symlink-only2"
+BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", NAME="link", SYMLINK+="symlink0"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_add_error   => "yes",
                exp_rem_error   => "yes",
                rules           => <<EOF
-BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", NAME="link", SYMLINK="."
+BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", NAME="link", SYMLINK+="."
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_rem_error   => "yes",
                option          => "clean",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="tty0", NAME="link", SYMLINK="link"
+KERNEL=="tty0", NAME="link", SYMLINK+="link"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "symlink0",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="symlink%n"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="symlink%n"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "symlink-ttyUSB0",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="symlink-%k"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="symlink-%k"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "major-188:0",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="major-%M:%m"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="major-%M:%m"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "symlink-0:0:0:0",
                exp_target      => "node",
                rules           => <<EOF
-BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", NAME="node", SYMLINK="symlink-%b"
+BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", NAME="node", SYMLINK+="symlink-%b"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "test",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo test" NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="%c"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo test" NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="%c"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "test",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo symlink test this" NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="%c{2}"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo symlink test this" NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="%c{2}"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "this",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo symlink test this" NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="%c{2+}"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo symlink test this" NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="%c{2+}"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "test",
                exp_target      => "link",
                rules           => <<EOF
-BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo link test this" SYMLINK="%c{2+}"
-BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", NAME="link", SYMLINK="symlink0"
+BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo link test this" SYMLINK+="%c{2+}"
+BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda", NAME="link", SYMLINK+="symlink0"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "188:0",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="%s{dev}"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="%s{dev}"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "188",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="%3s{dev}"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="%3s{dev}"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "percent%sign",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="percent%%sign"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="percent%%sign"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "%ttyUSB0_name",
                exp_target      => "ttyUSB0",
                rules           => <<EOF
-KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK="%%%k_name"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="ttyUSB%n", SYMLINK+="%%%k_name"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "link1",
                exp_target      => "node",
                rules           => <<EOF
-BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo -n node link1 link2", RESULT=="node *", NAME="%c{1}", SYMLINK="%c{2} %c{3}"
+BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo -n node link1 link2", RESULT=="node *", NAME="%c{1}", SYMLINK+="%c{2} %c{3}"
 EOF
        },
        {
                exp_name        => "link4",
                exp_target      => "node",
                rules           => <<EOF
-BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo -n node link1 link2 link3 link4", RESULT=="node *", NAME="%c{1}", SYMLINK="%c{2+}"
+BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="/bin/echo -n node link1 link2 link3 link4", RESULT=="node *", NAME="%c{1}", SYMLINK+="%c{2+}"
 EOF
        },
        {
                devpath         => "/block/sda/sda1",
                exp_name        => "last",
                rules           => <<EOF
-BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda1", SYMLINK="last", OPTIONS="last_rule"
+BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda1", SYMLINK+="last", OPTIONS="last_rule"
 BUS=="scsi", KERNEL=="sda1", NAME="very-last"
 EOF
        },
 KERNEL=="sda", GROUP:="nobody"
 SUBSYSTEM=="block", MODE:="640"
 KERNEL=="sda", GROUP="not-ok", MODE="0666", NAME="ok"
+EOF
+       },
+       {
+               desc            => "reset list to current value",
+               subsys          => "tty",
+               devpath         => "/class/tty/ttyUSB0",
+               exp_name        => "three",
+               not_exp_name    => "two",
+               exp_target      => "node",
+               rules           => <<EOF
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", SYMLINK+="one"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", SYMLINK+="two"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", SYMLINK="three"
+KERNEL=="ttyUSB[0-9]*", NAME="node"
 EOF
        },
 );
                my ($dev, $ino, $mode, $nlink, $uid, $gid, $rdev, $size,
                    $atime, $mtime, $ctime, $blksize, $blocks) = stat("$PWD/$udev_root$rules->{exp_name}");
 
+               if (defined($rules->{not_exp_name})) {
+                       if ((-e "$PWD/$udev_root$rules->{not_exp_name}") ||
+                           (-l "$PWD/$udev_root$rules->{not_exp_name}")) {
+                               print "nonexistent: error \'$rules->{not_exp_name}\' not expected to be there\n";
+                               $error++
+                       }
+               }
                if (defined($rules->{exp_perms})) {
                        permissions_test($rules, $uid, $gid, $mode);
                }
 
 
                                if (rule->symlink_operation == KEY_OP_ASSIGN_FINAL)
                                        udev->symlink_final = 1;
+                               else if (rule->symlink_operation == KEY_OP_ASSIGN) {
+                                       struct name_entry *name_loop;
+                                       struct name_entry *temp_loop;
+
+                                       list_for_each_entry_safe(name_loop, temp_loop, &udev->symlink_list, node) {
+                                               list_del(&name_loop->node);
+                                               free(name_loop);
+                                       }
+                               }
                                info("configured rule in '%s[%i]' applied, added symlink '%s'",
                                     rule->config_file, rule->config_line, rule->symlink);
                                strlcpy(temp, rule->symlink, sizeof(temp));
 
                                if (rule->run_operation == KEY_OP_ASSIGN_FINAL)
                                        udev->run_final = 1;
+                               else if (rule->run_operation == KEY_OP_ASSIGN) {
+                                       struct name_entry *name_loop;
+                                       struct name_entry *temp_loop;
+
+                                       list_for_each_entry_safe(name_loop, temp_loop, &udev->run_list, node) {
+                                               list_del(&name_loop->node);
+                                               free(name_loop);
+                                       }
+                               }
                                strlcpy(program, rule->run, sizeof(program));
                                apply_format(udev, program, sizeof(program), class_dev, sysfs_device);
                                dbg("add run '%s'", program);