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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] another old server: what about udev and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS ?
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:43:03
Message-Id: CAJ0EP41gEW822ujXLELxpfUmisEy1Az_KVoz7mGVZCNKJYyPLw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] another old server: what about udev and CONFIG_DEVTMPFS ? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 20/04/2015 14:51, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
3 >>
4 >> Another > 5 yr server that needs some care.
5 >>
6 >> sys-fs/udev-151-r4 and a kernel without CONFIG_DEVTMPFS set.
7 >>
8 >> The old udev blocks openrc etc etc ...
9 >>
10 >> Aside from: "install from scratch" ->
11 >>
12 >> what happens if I upgrade udev before booting a kernel with
13 >> CONFIG_DEVTMPFS set?
14 >>
15 >> Problems?
16 >
17 > Yes, it won't work. And the ebuild will error out.
18
19 Um... what? The ebuild will display a warning, but it does not die.