831347 – sys-fs/udev-249 upstream deprecation of `udevadm hwdb` no consistently reflected

Bug 831347 - sys-fs/udev-249 upstream deprecation of `udevadm hwdb` no consistently reflected

Summary: sys-fs/udev-249 upstream deprecation of `udevadm hwdb` no consistently reflected

Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo systemd Team

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Reported:	2022-01-17 10:23 UTC by Cedric Sodhi
Modified:	2023-09-18 01:24 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Cedric Sodhi 2022-01-17 10:23:00 UTC

Upstream has deprecated the `udevadm` subcommand `hwdb` in favor of a tool called `systemd-hwdb` four years ago and retains `udevadmn hwdb` for backwards compat [1]

OTOH sys-fs/udev comes without `systemd-hwdb` and while the deprecated `udevadmn hwdb` (still) works, it isn't documented. If Gentoo wants to keep the "for backwards compat" version, at least there should be mention in the manpage and the online documentation. Or, perhaps, ship systemd-hwdb?

[1] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/5639df9a80a828f66ac1ab703dd4fe21a0fc1d19/src/udev/udevadm-hwdb.c#L558

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2023-09-18 01:24:39 UTC

sys-apps/systemd-utils[udev] installs systemd-hwdb.