SPECS: udev.spec - add a helper script from Mandriva (does it need...

[Fryderyk Dziarmagowski]

 --- Jakub Piotr Cłapa <loc at toya.net.pl> wrote:

> jpc wrote:
> > +# from Mandriva CVS:
> > +# http://cvs.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/SPECS/udev/udev_import_usermap?rev=1.5
> > +Source7:	udev_import_usermap
> 
> This can be useful when one wants to port some legacy hotplug usermaps 
> to udev rules painlessly. Maybe it shouldn't be installed even?

Nice thing. Now we can port more hotplug (like digicam) stuff without
PITA ;)

> > +# Needed for the automatic module loading w/o hotplug to work
> > +# see:
> > +# http://qa.mandrivalinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/Udev
> > +# http://lwn.net/Articles/123932/
> > +Source8:	%{name}-modprobe.rules
> 
> It works for me (should be coldplug capable too upon call to udevstart). 
> Do we switch to this stuff (and add O: hotplug?)
> 
> Needs kernel.hotplug=/sbin/udevsend

Adding O: is mandatory now. That's the last piece to get rid of hotplug
crap.

> > @@ -217,6 +227,7 @@
> >  %config(noreplace) %verify(not size mtime md5) %{_sysconfdir}/udev/udev.conf
> >  %config(noreplace) %verify(not size mtime md5) %{_sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules
> >  %config(noreplace) %verify(not size mtime md5) %{_sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d/999-firmware.rules
> > +%config(noreplace) %verify(not size mtime md5) %{_sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d/999-modprobe.rules
> >  %config(noreplace) %verify(not size mtime md5) %{_sysconfdir}/scsi_id.config
> 
> Why are these files noreplace? The sysadmin can override this with his 
> own rules by adding his own files with smaller numbers. (while still 
> allowing upstream updates)

I think it's useful for now. Once they become more mature we can remove
'noreplace'

-- 
Fryderyk Dziarmagowski