[Mageia-dev] cauldron core/release udev-173-1.mga2

Thu Aug 25 16:33:09 CEST 2011

'Twas brillig, and D.Morgan at 25/08/11 15:22 did gyre and gimble:
+> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+>> 'Twas brillig, and Mageia Team at 25/08/11 09:56 did gyre and gimble:
+>>> Name        : udev                         Relocations: (not relocatable)
+>>> Version     : 173                               Vendor: Mageia.Org
+>>> Release     : 1.mga2                        Build Date: Thu Aug 25 10:54:41 2011
+>>> Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: jonund
+>>> Group       : System/Configuration/Hardware   Source RPM: (none)
+>>> Size        : 745928                           License: GPLv2
+>>> Signature   : (none)
+>>> Packager    : Mageia Team <http://www.mageia.org>
+>>> URL         : ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug
+>>> Summary     : A userspace implementation of devfs
+>>> Description :
+>>> Udev is an implementation of devfs/devfsd in userspace using sysfs and
+>>> /sbin/hotplug. It requires a 2.6 kernel to run properly.
+>>>
+>>> Like devfs, udev dynamically creates and removes device nodes from /dev/.
+>>> It responds to /sbin/hotplug device events.
+>>>
+>>> misc <misc> 173-1.mga2:
+>>> + Revision: 135235
+>>> - fix description ( rpmlint error )
+>>>
+>>>   + tv <tv>
+>>>     - fix file list
+>>>     - new release
+>>>     - rediff patch 0
+>>
+>> So, with the new udev, it seems that udev-acl is removed. This is a step
+>> towards systemd which now handles all the ACL application.
+>>
+>> Do we really want this new udev now? If so, then we really need to step
+>> up the systemd integration. Things are mostly working fine for me
+>> without udev-acls, but even with the systemd package as presently
+>> available, I have to edit my /etc/pamd.d/system-auth file to include the
+>> pam_systemd stuff - see my earlier message to this list about that.
+> 
+> what about doing like fedora ?
+> 
+> 
+> 
+> %post
+> # Make sure pam_systemd is enabled
+> if ! /bin/grep -q pam_systemd /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac ; then
+>         /usr/sbin/authconfig --update --nostart >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+> 
+>         # Try harder
+>         /bin/grep -q pam_systemd /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac ||
+> /usr/sbin/authconfig --updateall --nostart >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+> fi
+
+Yup that's what I asked in my last email about this several weeks ago.
+I've pinged it up to get more discussion about the topic.
+
+In the meantime I've re-enabled udev-acl in udev so we can delay the
+breakage until things are properly decided.
+
+Col
+
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
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