Re: [gentoo-user] X11 without udev/eudev

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On 22/08/2021 22:59, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 3:32 PM <karl@××××××××.se
> <mailto:karl@××××××××.se>> wrote:
> [...]
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>     I'll be looking into that, but on some level, why should I be forced to
>     go around udev. Can't programs be compiled without udev today...
>
>
> Yes, they can, if you (or someone else) write the necessary code, debug
> it, maintain it and keep it up to date and fix vulnerabilities and other
> errors that inevitably will appear, as it does with every piece of software.

What you're missing, is that this code IS NOT USED.

The OP wants to delete a load of code from his system precisely to 
ELIMINATE vulnerabilities. If the code ain't there, it don't need fixing.

Yes I take your point, but bloat is bloat, and bloat is a liability.

Cheers,
Wol