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On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:42:53 +0200 |
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Greg KH <gregkh@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:04:34AM +0200, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > Dnia 26 października 2016 10:49:04 CEST, Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o> napisał(a): |
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> > >On 10/25/2016 13:15, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 01:10:06PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> > >>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 1:01 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> |
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> > >wrote: |
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> > >>>> If you are not using /dev/disk/by-* paths in fstab, you do not need |
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> > >to |
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> > >>> take any action for this news item. |
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> > >>>> |
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> > >>>> If you are, it is very critical that you update fstab AS SOON AS |
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> > >>> POSSIBLE. Your system will become unbootable in the future if you do |
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> > >>> not do so. |
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> > >>> |
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> > >>> Err, what is changing that will make systems unbootable? |
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> > >>> |
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> > >>> I am fairly certain systems running systemd will continue to work |
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> > >>> properly with either syntax. |
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> > >> |
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> > >> They probably will. |
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> > >> |
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> > >>> If this is about the udev-settle issue for OpenRC, I would urge you |
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> > >to |
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> > >>> reconsider that. |
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> > >> |
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> > >> There isn't anything to reconsider afaik. The problem is that |
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> > >> /dev/disk/by-* are only created by udev/eudev, but the other syntax |
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> > >> works regardless of which device manager you use, so this is the |
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> > >safer |
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> > >> route. |
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> > >> |
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> > >> William |
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> > >> |
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> > > |
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> > >I take it us museum relics still using jurassic-era device names like |
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> > >/dev/sd* or /dev/md* aren't affected by this? Cthulhu-forbid Linux |
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> > >device |
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> > >naming gets any more complicated than using UUID's. What's next, |
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> > >saving the |
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> > >serial numbers of discovered disks in an overly-complicated |
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> > >key/value-based |
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> > >non-SQL database format? |
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> > |
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> > Wait full you-know-who notices that disk device names are not predictable and fixes that. |
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> disk device names have never been predictable, don't get comfortable :) |
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> If you rely on them, you need to be aware that they can change at |
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> times... |
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Neither were network device names. But now they are! As long as you |
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predict to which USB port the dongle will be plugged ;-). |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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