On 02/08/13 07:42, Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 02/08/13 02:27, William Kenworthy wrote: >> On 02/08/13 00:28, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Ok, rehashing this, but please don't turn it into another udev vs >>> systemd thread. >>> >>> I have an older server that I have been putting off this update, >>> debating on whether to update to the regular udev, or to eudev. >>> >>> I've googled until my fingers are blue, but cannot for the life of me >>> find any explicit instructions for *how* to switch from udev to eudev. >>> >>> The eudev project page is sparse, to say the least. >>> >>> Anyone? >>> >> >> Something like >> >> olympus ~ # cat /etc/portage/package.mask >>> =sys-fs/udev-180 >> ... >> olympus ~ # >> >> olympus ~ # grep udev /etc/portage/package.keywords >> sys-fs/eudev ~amd64 >> =virtual/udev-206 ~amd64 >> olympus ~ # >> >> unmerge everything udev && emerge eudev >> >> its been much less fuss and bother than trying to stick with the udev >> machinations - I have maybe 15 machines and vm's running eudev, no udev >> ... :) > > nope, you just believed all the FUD there has been out there. i've said > it many times, and i'll say it again: > > the only real different is USE="rule-generator" and that's it > > and sys-fs/eudev is constantly out of date and haven't developed any > features of their own > > so why follow with unreliable fork, when there is the official package > available with equal features? > >
and I just searched gentoo's bugzilla for "eudev" and there is a single bug which is a stabilisation request. Looking at the eudev github page recent updates range from hours to days though some are months as one would expect. If its unreliable, where are the bugs? Try doing a search of gentoo's bugzilla for udev instead of eudev ... BillK
