Package: udev Version: 0.084-3 Severity: normal
Udevtest requires me to remove the first pathname component from the actual (as mounted) pathname of a device. For instance, udevtest /class/... works, but udevtest /sys/class/... fails. This is not documented in the udevtest man page. So, it is at least a documentation bug. It would be confusing to users, even if documented, so I'd interpret it as a software bug; the behaviour of devtest ought to change. Still, I know how little enthusiasm there normally is for actually changing the way programs work, so I don't expect more than a fix to the documentation. While you're at it, though, the man page could use an example showing a possible path (or pseudo path) and the results from udevtest. $ udevtest /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.1/ main: unable to open '/sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.1/' $ $ udevtest /class/usb_device/usbdev1.1/ main: looking at device '/class/usb_device/usbdev1.1' from subsystem 'usb_device' run_program: '/bin/sh -c 'K=usbdev1.1; K=${K#usbdev}; printf bus/usb/%03i/%03i ${K%%.*} ${K#*.}'' run_program: '/bin/sh' (stdout) 'bus/usb/001/001' run_program: '/bin/sh' returned with status 0 udev_rules_get_name: rule applied, 'usbdev1.1' becomes 'bus/usb/001/001' create_node: creating device node '/dev/bus/usb/001/001', major = '189', minor = '0', mode = '0664', uid = '0', gid = '0' main: run: 'socket:/org/kernel/udev/monitor' main: run: 'udev_run_hotplugd usb_device' main: run: 'udev_run_devd usb_device' $ -- Package-specific info: -- /etc/udev/rules.d/: /etc/udev/rules.d/: total 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2006-02-11 22:32 020_permissions.rules -> ../permissions.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-02-11 22:35 025_libgphoto2.rules -> ../libgphoto2.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2006-02-11 22:35 025_libsane.rules -> ../libsane.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-02-11 22:32 cd-aliases.rules -> ../cd-aliases.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 2006-02-19 12:47 gpk.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2006-02-11 22:32 udev.rules -> ../udev.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-02-11 22:32 z20_persistent.rules -> ../persistent.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2006-02-11 22:32 z50_run.rules -> ../run.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2006-02-11 22:32 z55_hotplug.rules -> ../hotplug.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2006-02-11 20:17 z60_alsa-utils.rules -> ../alsa-utils.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2006-02-11 22:32 z70_hotplugd.rules -> ../hotplugd.rules -- /sys/: /sys/block/fd0/dev /sys/block/hda/dev /sys/block/hda/hda1/dev /sys/block/hda/hda2/dev /sys/block/hda/hda3/dev /sys/block/hdd/dev /sys/block/ram0/dev /sys/block/ram10/dev /sys/block/ram11/dev /sys/block/ram12/dev /sys/block/ram13/dev /sys/block/ram14/dev /sys/block/ram15/dev /sys/block/ram1/dev /sys/block/ram2/dev /sys/block/ram3/dev /sys/block/ram4/dev /sys/block/ram5/dev /sys/block/ram6/dev /sys/block/ram7/dev /sys/block/ram8/dev /sys/block/ram9/dev /sys/block/sda/dev /sys/class/input/input0/event0/dev /sys/class/input/input1/event1/dev /sys/class/input/input2/event2/dev /sys/class/input/input2/mouse0/dev /sys/class/input/mice/dev /sys/class/misc/agpgart/dev /sys/class/misc/hpet/dev /sys/class/misc/hw_random/dev /sys/class/misc/psaux/dev /sys/class/misc/rtc/dev /sys/class/sound/adsp/dev /sys/class/sound/audio/dev /sys/class/sound/controlC0/dev /sys/class/sound/dsp/dev /sys/class/sound/mixer/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0p/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D1c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D2c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D3c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D4p/dev /sys/class/sound/timer/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev2.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev3.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev4.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev5.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev5.6/dev -- Kernel configuration: -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages udev depends on: ii initscripts 2.86.ds1-4 Standard scripts needed for bootin ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libselinux1 1.28-2 SELinux shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.0-15 Linux Standard Base 3.0 init scrip ii makedev 2.3.1-80 creates device files in /dev ii sed 4.1.2-8 The GNU sed stream editor udev recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]