From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Allin Cottrell Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:45:37 +0000 Subject: Re: update path for undev + systemd Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 15 Jan 2012, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 21:52, Allin Cottrell wrote: >> I wonder if there's a recommended path/method for updating from udev 175 + >> systemd 37 to the current versions? Given the reorganization of files in >> both packages it's quite easy to end up with a fscked system (as I did today >> -- system not bootable; had to boot from CD, remove the new versions and >> reinstall the old). [...] > > Udev and systemd are in full sync with the configure options now. > > You better read NEWS in the udev tree, and not just install new things > in a running system and hope all works. :) I had in fact read udev's NEWS and acted accordingly, i.e. changed the --libexecdir= configure line, installed libkmod, etc. (I was already up to date in respect of devtmpfs and /run). I don't think my booting problem lay with udev, but rather with systemd, whose package contains no docs pertaining to configuring/installing or changes from the previous version. Allin Cottrell