[arch-dev-public] switch to more up-to-date util-linux and kbd?

[Andrew Fyfe]

Andrew Fyfe wrote:
> Roman Kyrylych wrote:
>> 2007/7/19, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com>:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Today I've noticed a message in lkml about util-linux-ng.
>>>
>>> A quote: "The util-linux-ng is a fork of the original util-linux
>>> project. The goal of the util-linux-ng is a transparent and reliable
>>> development that follows the Linux kernel and Linux distributions".
>>>
>>> Home page: http://userweb.kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux-ng/
>>> Highlights of the first release:
>>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.utilities.util-linux-ng/347
>>> Changes look interesting IMO.
>>>
>>> On util-linux-ng news archive I've also found a thread about updated 
>>> kbd:
>>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.utilities.util-linux-ng/326
>>> which can be obtained from there: 
>>> ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/legion/kbd/
>>> (note that kbd.git is outdated compared to tarballs)
>>>
>>> What do you think about this?
>>>
>>
>> Ehm... no opinions at all? ;-)
>> I think upfating these things should be "a good thing" (tm) (of course
> Especially when it gets rid of the mountain of patches
> 
>> in Testing first).
>>
> 
> I've been using it without complaint since rc1.
> 
> Notes:
> * setfdprm has been removed (>= 2.13-pre1)
> * nfs support has been removed, use nfs-utils package
> * the following are deprecated:
>     - cryptoloop support, use cryptsetup package
>     - elvtune - doesn't work with kernel >= 2.6.9
>     - arch - use uname or arch from coreutils
>     - rdev, ramsize, vidmode, rootflags - i386 specific and probably 
> useless
> 
> 
> It might be an idea to put a copy in testing with the deprecated apps 
> removed (elvtune, arch, rdev*) to see if it breaks anything, no point in 
> shipping them if nobody uses them and they're going to be removed any way.
> 
> Andrew
> 
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util-linux-ng 2.13 has been released - 
http://marc.info/?l=util-linux-ng&m=118825777229340&w=2

The notes/comments in my previous reply still stand.

Andrew
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