Re: [PATCH] enable auto=yes by default when using udev

[Luca Berra <bluca@comedia.it>]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 09:14:38AM +1000, Neil Brown wrote:
>However....
>
>> +
>> +	/* if we are using udev and auto is not set, mdadm will almost
>> +	 * certainly fail, so we force it here.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (autof == 0 && access("/dev/.udevdb",F_OK) == 0)
>> +		autof=2;
>> +
>
>I'm worried that this test is not very robust.
>On my Debian/unstable system running used, there is no
> /dev/.udevdb
>though there is a
> /dev/.udev/db
>
>I guess I could test for both, but then udev might change
>again.... I'd really like a more robust check.
>
is /dev/.udev/db a debianism?
in this case a check for both might suffice, else i will have to think
harder about it.

L.

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