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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:34:26
Message-Id: CAA2qdGWjC1a_0pw_qTNoZAYqr8vPRw=rZY1XvxCnphkJBj817g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/ by Dale
1 On Nov 20, 2011 10:56 AM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Pandu Poluan wrote:
4 >>
5 >> So, any progress/updates on the attempt to replace udev with busybox's
6 mdev?
7 >>
8 >> As for my case, it's working well on XenServer and VMware ESX /
9 >> vSphere (haven't found the time to test a VirtualBox installation
10 >> yet).
11 >>
12 >> Except for one annoyance:
13 >>
14 >> Now, I've done the steps put forth by waltdnes here:
15 >>
16 >> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/242563
17 >>
18 >> ... but every "eix-sync&& emerge -avuD @world" finds me having to
19 >>
20 >> re-edit /usr/portage/virtual/dev-manager/dev-manager-0.ebuild, or else
21 >> portage wants to emerge sys-apps/makedev and sys-fs/static-dev
22 >>
23 >> Is there a way to 'force' portage to use the edited
24 >> dev-manager-0.ebuild and not the original version pulled in by
25 >> eix-sync?
26 >>
27 >> Rgds,
28 >
29 >
30 >
31 > Question: Is this going to be added to the shiney new Gentoo wiki at
32 some point? The wiki needs some more content for sure. ;-)
33 >
34 > I didn't know if ya'll had thought of this before or not.
35 >
36
37 Well, although I can't read @waltdnes' mind, I'm sure he has that in mind.
38
39 We're still ironing out the showstoppers. As soon as the generic
40 glitches/annoyances (e.g., my 'fight' against portage reverting the .ebuild
41 edits) are handled, I'm sure a w.g.o article will automagically appears ;-)
42
43 Rgds,