Re: Make rule generator switchable

[Matthias Schwarzott <zzam@gentoo.org>]

On Freitag, 27. Juli 2007, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On 7/27/07, Matthias Schwarzott <zzam@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Hi there!
> >
> > I thought about making rule generator/persistent-net user switchable. As
> > this was not possible yet, I implemented one possibility. This reads
> > udev.conf from write_(cd|net)_rules and aborts if there is:
> > persistent_cd_generator="disabled"
> >
> > Is there a better method to do this? If not, how about including this,
> > and perhaps commented out part for config file.
> >
> > #Disable generation of persistent-rules for cd devices
> > #persistent_cd_generator="disabled"
> >
> > # Disable generation of persistent-rules for network devices
> > #persistent_net_generator="disabled"
>
> Just don't install the rules then? Why would you want to run the
> scripts at all, if you don't need them?
>
Well, the problem here is:
If you unpack a basic gentoo stage you get an already installed udev. WITH the 
persistent-net rules.
Should we rely on the user to remove it and always remove it again after 
update.

Or Add some install time flag to udev package - but package manager portage 
will not remove the file if already existing for config-protection issues.

I clain: There is no sane way to disable specific rules config-wise.
Is there no possibilities to inject some env vars into udev without calling 
udevcontrol - but perhaps from udev.conf ?


Matthias

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Matthias Schwarzott (zzam)

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