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On 02/08/13 00:49, Dale wrote: |
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> Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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>> On 01/08/13 19:28, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>>> Hi all, |
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>>> |
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>>> Ok, rehashing this, but please don't turn it into another udev vs |
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>>> systemd thread. |
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>>> |
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>>> I have an older server that I have been putting off this update, |
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>>> debating on whether to update to the regular udev, or to eudev. |
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>>> I've googled until my fingers are blue, but cannot for the life of me |
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>>> find any explicit instructions for *how* to switch from udev to eudev. |
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>>> |
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>>> The eudev project page is sparse, to say the least. |
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>>> |
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>>> Anyone? |
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>>> |
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>> First of all, eudev only has IUSE="rule-generator" that is backported |
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>> from udev-171. |
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>> It's otherwise same in users point of view with sys-fs/udev, except |
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>> sys-fs/eudev is constantly out of date and the code forwarding from |
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>> upstream is not very reliable process. |
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>> Futhermore sys-fs/udev is not 'old' but it's the new one and will be |
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>> the default for OpenRC for long as OpenRC is in Portage. |
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>> I don't want to bash anything or anybody but sys-fs/eudev as-is in the |
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>> Portage is currently useless and a bit buggy. |
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> That's odd. I been using eudev since like the second version that came |
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> out and have had zero issues with it. Ask anyone here, if it had a |
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> problem, I'd be found it by now. lol |
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Then you haven't been following. It's multiple issues per week, if not |
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even day. |
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And like said, you don't gain anything by using sys-fs/eudev. The |
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package is useless. |
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