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On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:32 PM Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 07/24/2018 12:24 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> > For example, dhcpcd integrates with udevd via libudev to ensure that |
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> > udev has finished renaming your network interfaces before dhcpcd |
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> > attempts to configure them. I believe lvm2 uses libudev to prevent |
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> > various races in block device setup and metadata gathering. |
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> Both of those have IUSE="+udev", which is fine for any package where the |
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> maintainer knows that udev support is critical. You yourself aren't even |
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> sure what it does for lvm2, though -- how are you going to convince me I |
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> need it? |
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> > Developers don't add udev support just for the hell of it |
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> hahahahahahaha your premise is that the people writing software aren't |
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> all idiots, and I deny it. |
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So upstream developers are all idiots, and Gentoo maintainers always |
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know best? If that's your attitude, I won't bother arguing with your |
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further. |