[xen-tools-dev] [PATCH 01/17] Added new hooks to install udev. Needed for Debian Lenny with multiple partitions

[Axel Beckert]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 05:48:56PM +0200, Stéphane Jourdois wrote:
> Le 26/07/2010 17:45, Axel Beckert a écrit :
>> We had already a discussion about this patch back in May on
>> xen-tools-discuss including why I didn't like the idea of generally
>> installing udev on every Debian DomU:
>>
>> http://xen-tools.org/pipermail/xen-tools-discuss/2010-May/000784.html
>
> Oops sorry, I will then use the role file instead. I don't care myself  
> about multiple partitions, but I do care about ssh terminals not working  
> without udev.

Well, it is indeed a good idea to always install udev in some cases,
but IMHO there can be cases where udev is not wanted (or even caused
problems, BTDT). 

One problem is that I can't remember, in which cases exactly udev
caused the problems. Was Etch related though. And then OTOH, every
Squeeze and Sid installation should get udev via debootstrap anyway.

So this problem probably mainly exists with Lenny (and maybe some
non-debian distribution)...

		Kind regards, Axel
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