On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 12:28:38PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote > Hi all, > > Ok, rehashing this, but please don't turn it into another udev vs > systemd thread. > > I have an older server that I have been putting off this update, > debating on whether to update to the regular udev, or to eudev. > > I've googled until my fingers are blue, but cannot for the life of me > find any explicit instructions for *how* to switch from udev to eudev.
Step 1) keyword sys-fs/eudev-1_beta2-r2 Step 2) ensure that "kmod" and "openrc" and "-modutils" USE flags are set (at least for sys-fs/eudev). "tools" flag needs to be set for sys-apps/kmod (usually a system default) Step 3) unmerge udev sys-apps/modutils (You *MUST* specify "sys-apps/modutils" to avoid confusion with "virtual/modutils") Step 4) emerge eudev (should pull in kmod) Step 5) The following message shows up in elog. Do as it says... > WARN: postinst > > You need to restart eudev as soon as possible to make the > upgrade go into effect: > /etc/init.d/udev --nodeps restart -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
