Re: [gentoo-user] Moving from old udev to eudev

[Neil Bothwick]

On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 01:36:59 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:

> > I expect it to happen around every new udev release that causes
> > slight incompability; the default of the virtual/udev, sys-fs/udev,
> > doesn't have to wait for the alternative providers.
>
>   The elegant solution is outlined in my post...
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/275977#275977
>
> I.e. *UNTIL SUCH TIME AS EUDEV HITS STABLE* (on whatever arch you're
> using), add the entry
>
> <sys-fs/eudev-9999 ~amd64

I'm afraid that doesn't solve the problem I had at all, because I'm
running ~arch. It's as Samuli said, the eudev release lagged behind udev,
causing the virtual to look elsewhere for its satisfaction.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Loose bits sink chips.