On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Tobias Powalowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Am Sonntag 31 August 2008 schrieb Aaron Griffin: >>> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 4:28 AM, Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 1:45 AM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >> start_udev is still there because people were jackasses and didn't >>> >> update initscripts when they updated udev.... or something.. I can't >>> >> remember the issue, but it was people being foolish and expecting >>> >> their systems to boot fine. >>> >> >>> >> Is everyone ok with removing it? >>> > >>> > A suggestion was made 3 times to simply add a conflict line : >>> > http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11112#comment31331 >>> > >>> > This is just a safety against foolish people. >>> >>> Added locally. >>> >>> Copied from arch-general (whoops, replied to the wrong list) regarding >>> the readme file we ship with the udev package >>> >>> > Actually, I think we should remove this file. Reloading rules and all >>> > that is covered by the man pages and any arch specific documentation >>> > should be added to a wiki page so anyone can edit it. >>> > >>> > Any issues with removing this? We don't ship custom readme's with any >>> > other packages that I know of. >>> >>> Additionally, do we need the migrate-udev script anymore? I sincerely >>> hope not. Any qualms with killing THAT off too? >> >> migrate udev creates device nodes which might be necessary, i wouldn't kill >> it. > > It creates device nodes that the installer also creates. It only > appears useful if someone is installing improperly from an existing > system or from an older ISO. And, hell, if we *really* want to make > sure these devices exist, we should add checks to rc.sysinit to create > them before starting udev, rather than relying on a script to do so.
Done http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=119b8df1fb1258231750309f01e747e72f382493 Now migrate_udev is safe to remove. This patch makes more sense anyway, and covers all our bases without forcing the user to run a script if they screw up.
