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On 07/01/13 09:44, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> <SNIP> |
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>> I'm not sure that is a bug. As I posted earlier, this was changed a |
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>> good while back. There was a reason for it but I can't recall what it |
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>> was. The new devices for CD/DVDs is /dev/sr*. I don't have, and have |
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>> not had, /dev/cdrom or dvd on this rig for a good while and it works. I |
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>> think this happened about the same time as the hard drive devices were |
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>> changed from hd* to sd* even for old IDE drives. Since it was changed |
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>> on purpose, I don't believe this is a bug. |
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>> Dale |
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> Might be true but how about digging up some references that this was |
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> done on purpose. It makes little sense to me that if someone did this |
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> on purpose, breaking lots of old scripts, leaving broken udev rules |
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> laying about and just assuming everyone would figure it out without so |
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> much and a news item then I'd say it was done pretty badly. |
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> Again, if it truly was 'on purpose' as you say then that's OK, but |
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> let's not create too much false history here. In my mind it's just as |
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> reasonable that it's just a mistake or someone that was overlooked, |
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> but I'm totally open to you showing us what we all missed. |
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Seems like the cabal has been busy again ... its not a bug but a feature! |
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=commit;h=19b66dc57cce27175ff421c4c3a37e4a491b9c01 |
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Also some hits on gentoo forums etc which imply that when actually |
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merged, the rules file was not included.. |
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This did happen awhile back and I just moved to /dev/sr0 and got on with |
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life so didnt go into it in too much detail. |
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BillK |
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