[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] news item draft: /dev layout cleanup

[Rogutės Sparnuotos]

Allan McRae (2009-08-01 22:33):
> Hi all,
>
> Getting around to this again....
>
> [draft]
> /dev layour cleanup
>
> The /dev layout has been cleaned up to comply to the device names  
> specified in the Linux kernel documentation. We had some legacy left  
> from our devfs days, which has now been removed.
>
> The most obvious change from a users perspective is the vc/*->tty*  
> transition.  The initscripts-2007.08 update requires adjusting the  
> /etc/inittab file to refer to tty* instead of vc/*.  Due to severe  
> system breakages if this file is not updated, this change will be  
> automatically handled by pacman.  The original /etc/inittab file is  
> saved as /etc/inittab.pacsave.  To be clear:
>
> package /etc/inittab -> inittab.pacnew (if needed)
> system /etc/inittab -> inittab.pacsave
> system /etc/inittab --sed--> inittab
>
> Make sure to check these files after the update and do any merging that  
> is required.
> [/draft]
>
> Finally, are we going to do a quick update to initscripts and filesystem  
> before this is moved? There have been a few patches push to get for  
> these.  I can do that tomorrow if people agree?
>
> Allan

As someone has already mentioned, it would be nice to mention the
reasons for this (vc/*->tty*) change to please curious users...
Why is this needed? Are /dev/vc/* going away?

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