[arch-general] [PATCH]: suggestion for new udev.install

Tom Gundersen teg at jklm.no
Thu Dec 16 14:43:32 EST 2010


On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
>> Added a conditional database conversion, as this is recommended when
>> upgrading from udev <=164 to 165 (which was recently released).
>
> This database is generated on-the-fly and located in /dev afaik! As we
> do not stop and restart udev on upgrade, this conversion is not needed -
> the db will be regenerated on reboot anyway.
>
> Correct me if I am wrong, but afaik udev has no database anywhere in
> /var (or anywhere else outside of /dev).

Yup, I'm being daft. Scrap this then. (And if it turns out that weird
stuff starts happening, this might be the explanation).

-t


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