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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:54:55
Message-Id: 4EC879CE.5000202@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/ by Pandu Poluan
1 Pandu Poluan wrote:
2 > So, any progress/updates on the attempt to replace udev with busybox's mdev?
3 >
4 > As for my case, it's working well on XenServer and VMware ESX /
5 > vSphere (haven't found the time to test a VirtualBox installation
6 > yet).
7 >
8 > Except for one annoyance:
9 >
10 > Now, I've done the steps put forth by waltdnes here:
11 >
12 > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/242563
13 >
14 > ... but every "eix-sync&& emerge -avuD @world" finds me having to
15 > re-edit /usr/portage/virtual/dev-manager/dev-manager-0.ebuild, or else
16 > portage wants to emerge sys-apps/makedev and sys-fs/static-dev
17 >
18 > Is there a way to 'force' portage to use the edited
19 > dev-manager-0.ebuild and not the original version pulled in by
20 > eix-sync?
21 >
22 > Rgds,
23
24
25 Question: Is this going to be added to the shiney new Gentoo wiki at
26 some point? The wiki needs some more content for sure. ;-)
27
28 I didn't know if ya'll had thought of this before or not.
29
30 Dale
31
32 :-) :-)
33
34 --
35 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/ Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
Re: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/ waltdnes@××××××××.org