From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: util-linux <util-linux@vger.kernel.org>,
David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>,
Michal Luscon <mluscon@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: eject merged into util-linux
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:00:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1333638007.2628.1.camel@offbook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120405143032.GC20515@x2.net.home>
On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 16:30 +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> The original eject project (at sourceforge.net) is inactive for more
> than 4 year. Unfortunately, the command is still used in mainstream
> Linux distributions (for example udisks depends on the eject
> functionality).
Great news! This was one of my favorite tools when I first began using
Linux, nice to have it in u-l now.
> Changes:
>
> * complete refactoring (the original code was real mess...)
>
> * merged patches from Fedora (auto-eject, manual-eject, close-tray
> list-speed and removable/hotpluggable-check patches)
>
> * removed support for incomplete paths (for example "eject foo" was
> interpreted as "eject /media/foo" or "eject /mnt/foo". The
> incomplete paths are supported for devices only (e.g. "eject sda").
>
> FOR MOUNTPOINT YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY COMPLETE PATH!
>
> * enabled by default (and added --disable-eject)
>
> * if a partition is specified, whole-disk device is used for eject
> ioctl(s), for example "eject /dev/sda1" is the same as "eject /dev/sda"
>
>
> Thanks to Michal Luscon for help.
>
> Karel
>
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2012-04-05 14:30 eject merged into util-linux Karel Zak
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