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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] another old server: what about udev and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS ?
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:28:56
Message-Id: 5534FF09.6050505@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] another old server: what about udev and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS ? by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 On 20/04/2015 15:01, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
2 > On 20.04.2015 14:56, Alan McKinnon wrote:
3 >
4 >>> Problems?
5 >>
6 >> Yes, it won't work. And the ebuild will error out.
7 >
8 > Ah, I see.
9 >
10 >>> I'd like to upgrade udev, then install openrc etc ... before I can drive
11 >>> there and reboot the box.
12 >>
13 >>
14 >> You intend to drive there anyway and reboot it. Rebuilding udev & openrc
15 >> will probably take 15 minutes.
16 >>
17 >> It's such a little time, why are you trying to save 15 minutes in
18 >> advance by taking an unknown and risky path? Just do everything on-site,
19 >> it's safest
20 >
21 > ~ 90 min drive one way ;-)
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25 I've had a few of those myself :-)
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27 I always figured if I was in for a 4 hour minimum trip anyway, I really
28 owe it to the customer to spend an extra 30 minutes to be 100% sure
29 everything was done correctly.
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33 --
34 Alan McKinnon
35 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] another old server: what about udev and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS ? "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>