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  • From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [SM-Commit] GIT changes to master grimoire by Thomas Orgis (6960e5e51b6035894de686ce270467a0c38445fb)
  • Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:00:38 +0200

On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 10:14:08AM +0200, Thomas Orgis wrote:
> Am Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:14:23 +0200
> schrieb Jaka Kranjc <lynx AT mages.ath.cx>:
>
> > > +  config_query  CREATE_DEV_TREE  "check for / create static /dev tree"
> > > y
> > Shouldn't this query default to n, as most users do want udev?
>
> I tried not to change the logic of the spell: Formerly, it was
>
> if [ "$DEVICES" != "devfs" ]; then
> check_static_dev
> fi &&
>
> So both udev and static mode triggered the check_static_dev function, while
> this function then asked for creation of the static tree, defaulting to y.
> What I did was to move that question out of the function and out of INSTALL
> (!!) into the configure stage, but not changing default behaviour.
> I must admit that I feel safer when there are some device nodes as fallback
> even when using udev. It doesn't hurt, normally, but it shouldn't be
> necessary.
>
> To change this default behaviour, that is a question that perhaps needs a
> bit of discussion. When ppl agree, I'm not opposing.

It defaults to yes because there were some install isos that installed a
completely empty /dev directory and used devfs. You can't boot an udev
system with such a /dev, so that check was added.

> > Also, it cuold be just me, but "check for/create static /dev tree" is
> > more
> > clear than "check for / create static /dev tree", I had no idea what it
> > was
> > asking me. Check for /, create static^C
>
> Agreed. I just didn't think of '/' being a term on its own, but in Unix
> world it dead sure is!
>
>
> Thomas.
>
> >
> > --
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