Re: udev depends on /usr

Greg KH
2004-02-02T22:44:23Z

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 11:32:21PM +0100, J.A. Magallon wrote:
>
> On 2004.01.26, Greg KH wrote:
> > I've released the 015 version of udev. It can be found at:
> > kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-015.tar.gz
> >
>
> Little problem ;)
> I have some modules in /etc/modprobe.preload. Subject of this mail is
> ide-cd.
>
> When ide-cd gets loaded, the kernel/udev chain calls
> /etc/udev/scripts/ide-devfs.sh, wich uses 'expr'. I my system
> (Mandrake 10) and on a RedHat 9 'expr' lives in /usr/bin, and /usr can
> be still unmounted when rc.modules is called...
>
> Solution ? Change udev, change coreutils locations...

How about, don't rely on ide-devfs.sh as you are trying valiantly to
hold on to a dieing naming scheme that is not LSB compliant? :)

Seriously, I don't know.

thanks,

greg k-h