Attached patch fixes the issue. Thanks,
-Kees -- Kees Cook @debian.org
Description: Prefer any other device name over names in /dev/block/. Author: Colin Watson <cjwat...@ubuntu.com> Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/341928 Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569290 Index: merged/lib/device/dev-cache.c =================================================================== --- merged.orig/lib/device/dev-cache.c 2009-07-15 13:02:46.000000000 -0700 +++ merged/lib/device/dev-cache.c 2010-02-10 15:57:40.175269708 -0800 @@ -179,6 +179,21 @@ * Built-in rules. */ + /* Put /dev/block/ names last regardless of path shortness. + * FIXME It would be better if we could do this in the configuration + * file, but the only way to do so with preferred_names is to try to + * enumerate all the possible names we might want to prefer over + * /dev/block/. */ + m0 = strncmp(path0, "/dev/block/", 11); + m1 = strncmp(path1, "/dev/block/", 11); + + if (m0 != m1) { + if (m0 == 0) + return 1; + if (m1 == 0) + return 0; + } + /* Return the path with fewer slashes */ for (p = path0; p++; p = (const char *) strchr(p, '/')) slash0++;
