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From: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@×××××××.net>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing order of default virtual/udev provider
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 01:46:44
Message-Id: 20160211014633.GC2750@vidovic.ultras.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing order of default virtual/udev provider by Ian Stakenvicius
1 On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 11:00:15AM -0500, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
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3 > Oh, eudev also doesn't handle network link setup given that external
4 > tools already do this just fine. That's another difference, though
5 > not one that matters programmatically. That said, the network-link
6 > setup was added primarily to support systemd's use-case, and there's
7 > very little need or point in having it done by udevd on an rc-based
8 > system.
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10 Unless I'm mistaken, you're saying that eudev doesn't handle network
11 link but it doesn't matter because rc-based systems don't requires it.
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13 And at the same time, I read in this thread that eudev is in-place
14 replacement for udev without any harm. What will happen to the users
15 wanting systemd AND expect the network link setup?
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18 Nicolas Sebrecht

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