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SubjectRe: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release
On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 04:37:19PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]
> > then
> > DISKPREFIX="/dev/disk"
>
> But all the distros will do that for you :)

Oh no they won't. They're just going to fix their own scripts
to accept their own scheme. Never mind my own. I want my own scheme,
the distro scripts break. I want a script running out of shared NFS?
I lose.

> Then try to convince LSB to add a device naming document to their spec.
> That's the only way this is going to happen...

LSB isn't even followed now. What we need is a naming czar. As
you point out, Good Luck.
Linux devices are going to stop sucking from one perspective and
start sucking from another. Yay.

Joel

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