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On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 5:39 AM <karl@××××××××.se> wrote: |
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> Dear package maintainers, |
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> please do not mess with preexisting files in /dev. |
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> I have static /dev and that suit me well for quite a few systems that |
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> has a static environment, especially system that are intended to run |
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> for a long time and where I tend to minimize the number of running |
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> processes, every running process is something that can go wrong. |
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> Their /dev/ files are set up for their intended use, and I don't want |
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> surprises there. |
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> When upgrading it isn't easy to see what package that did |
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> something to /dev so it isn't easy to bug the guilty party. |
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> If sys-fs/static-dev is installed, please do not touch /dev, |
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> if you want you can leave suggestions in some file. |
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This blanket request is unlikely to yield any useful results. |
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ebuilds don't generally do anything with /dev. Changing behavior based |
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on the presence of sys-fs/static-dev is probably not a good idea. |
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If you can identify specific packages that have caused you problems, |
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we can probably resolve them. |