42014 – [RFE] usage of /lib/udev-state/devices.tar.bz2 should be optional

Bug 42014 - [RFE] usage of /lib/udev-state/devices.tar.bz2 should be optional

Summary: [RFE] usage of /lib/udev-state/devices.tar.bz2 should be optional

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 38587

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2004-02-18 03:12 UTC by Alexander Papaspyrou
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Alexander Papaspyrou 2004-02-18 03:12:40 UTC

Many people use devfs/udev to avoid /dev cluttering. Unfortunately, this is what the udev state archive produces. It would be better if this "stateful" /dev thing was optional; alas, it should be the default (to make newbies happy).

At the moment, this can be done by a crude hack (which involves editing /sbin/rc and /etc/init.d/halt.sh) or deleting the devices.tar.bz2 file. A configuration switch would be far better -- e.g. for debugging purposes.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge udev
2. look at /dev
3. try to get rid of uberclutter

Actual Results:  
Bad hack or file deletion.

Expected Results:  
Editing /etc/conf.d/udev

[ ~ ]
user@host $ emerge --info
Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.3-rc3-love1)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.3-rc3-love1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.7
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -funroll-loops
-fforce-addr"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/
/usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /var/lib/jboss /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math
-funroll-loops -fforce-addr"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache digest sandbox userpriv usersandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/
http://gentoo.linux.no/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X acl acpi alsa avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd gif
gnome gstreamer gtk2 imlib jikes jpeg libwww mad maildir mmx mpeg mpi ncurses
nls oav odbc oggvorbis opengl pam pda pdflib png quicktime readline samba sdl
spell ssl tcpd tetex truetype x86 xml2 xv zlib"

Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-26 13:22:26 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 38587 ***