[Buildroot] What to do about systemd/udev/eudev?

[Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> writes:

Hi,

 Thomas> So in fact building udev only without systemd doesn't seem like
 Thomas> a good idea moving forward. Therefore, I see two options:

 Thomas>  (1) Follow the upstream decision, and simply make udev available only
 Thomas>      if the init system is systemd. Unlike some other distributions, we
 Thomas>      never had the the desire of fighting against upstream. If someone
 Thomas>      is dissatisfied with decisions made by upstream projects, then
 Thomas>      that someone should go upstream and fix the problem here.

 Thomas>      This is the solution I would personally prefer. If some were using
 Thomas>      udev for some reason and mdev doesn't work for them, then we can
 Thomas>      probably help make mdev better where needed.

 Thomas>  (2) Package eudev and use it for non-systemd systems, and use the
 Thomas>      built-in udev for systemd systems. There is of course the problem
 Thomas>      that udev is not stand-alone: it provides a library, and there are
 Thomas>      some uncertainties on whether the libudev library will remain
 Thomas>      source-compatible between eudev and system's udev.

 Thomas> Thoughts?

I think option (1) is the best as well.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard