On Monday 30 August 2004 12:57, Joey Hess wrote: > Jim Lieb wrote: > > On Friday 27 August 2004 19:03, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Package: elilo-installer > > > Severity: wishlist > > > Tags: d-i > > > > > > It would be nicer if elilo-installer could run mapdevfs on the > > > partition name(s) before displaying them in > > > elilo-installer/bootpart. Since bootpart is mapdevfsed right > > > after it's taken from the answer to that question, no necessary > > > info will be lost, and users find devfs names offputting. > > > > I agree. But given that devfs is being deprecated in 2.6, sysfs is > > a more reliable method of discovering devices, and devfs is so > > deeply embedded in partman and friends, I suggest a decision on how > > to go forward without devfs should be decided prior to making > > changes to elilo-installer because it is not the only package that > > needs work in this area. > > I don't understand your reasoning. Every other bit of d-i that > presents a device name to the user runs it through mapdevfs. It seems > strange to block making a change in elilo-installer on such a > decision, epecially when such a decision is very much post-sarge. I'll look at the script and see if this can be done. What is there came with the original script. I was just pointing out that the various translations have added complexity and this would be one more given that the future of devfs is by no means assured.
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