[arch-commits] Commit in udev/trunk (udev.install)

[Tom Gundersen]

    Date: Monday, September 12, 2011 @ 08:12:19
  Author: tomegun
Revision: 137912

install: add comment to explain why we need to do what we do

This was in response to FS#25954.

Modified:
  udev/trunk/udev.install

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 udev.install |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Modified: udev.install
===================================================================
--- udev.install	2011-09-12 12:06:01 UTC (rev 137911)
+++ udev.install	2011-09-12 12:12:19 UTC (rev 137912)
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@
 }
 
 post_install() {
-  # If a ramfs is mounted, we still need to make sure that /dev/{console,null,zero} exist
+
+  # We add the basic nodes (/dev/{console,null,zero}) to the rootfs, so they will be
+  # available, even when booting without an initrd, and without automounted devtmpfs.
+  # Relying on this functionality is ill adviced, but we will support it for now.
+
   # The Archlinux installer bind-mounts /dev to /mnt/dev, thus making the real /dev invisible
   ROOTDIR=""
   [ "$(stat -c %D /)" != "$(stat -c %D /dev)" ] && ROOTDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/udevinstall.XXXXXX)