udev-144

[Bruce Dubbs]

Matthew Burgess wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:13:55 -0500, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This is primarily to Bryan.
>>
>> Are there any issues or changes needed for the udev instructions that need
>> to be
>> made to incorporate udev-144 into the book?
>>
>> I do see that we don't need the last install command for the
>> writing_udev_rules/index.html file.
> 
> That's the only change I think is required, solely by looking at NEWS in
> the tarball.  The paths that udev will find firmware have changed, but
> /lib/firmware, which we install, is still valid.
> 
> Udev now also supports setting private variables via 'ENV{.FOO}='
> (note the '.' before the variable name) which won't be stored in
> Udev's DB or exported by the event.  We don't have any variables with
> that naming convention in udev-config so won't regress anywhere because
> of that.  Nor can I immediately think of a use-case for private variables.
> 
> I have patches for the E2fsprogs & Udev upgrades in my local working copy
> but haven't kicked off a build yet.

OK.  Add them to the book when you get a chance.

I did send a message to the util-linux-ng list earlier today asking when we 
might see a final 2.16 release.

   -- Bruce