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

[Luca Berra <bluca@comedia.it>]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 12:46:03AM +0200, Luca Berra wrote:
>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?
no it is not
>in this case a check for both might suffice, else i will have to think
>harder about it.

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