I was approached by the maintainer of libmtp in Ubuntu regarding a fix for
LP#197968 [1]. The bug reporter cites the file /etc/udev/rules.d/README
(which does not exist in Debian), that says:

The udev daemon watches this directory with inotify so that changes to
these files are automatically picked up, for this reason they must be
files and not symlinks to another location as in the case in Debian.

Are there plans to enforce files under /etc/udev/rules.d/ being regular
files in Debian, as they are in Ubuntu?

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmtp/+bug/197968

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Rafael Laboissiere wrote:

I was approached by the maintainer of libmtp in Ubuntu regarding a fix for
LP#197968 [1]. The bug reporter cites the file /etc/udev/rules.d/README
(which does not exist in Debian), that says:

The udev daemon watches this directory with inotify so that changes to
these files are automatically picked up, for this reason they must be
files and not symlinks to another location as in the case in Debian.

Are there plans to enforce files under /etc/udev/rules.d/ being regular


+1 from me.
I would very much appreciate it, if we got rid of the symlinks
altogether, as they don't really add any additional value.


While at it, I'd also like to see the hideous z* prefixes gone and use a
consistent 2 digit numbering scheme (atm we have 3 digits [e.g.
libgphoto2], 2 digits [e.g. hplip], no ordering [e.g. libmtp/libnjb],
and z+2 digits [e.g. udev, alsa, hdparm, hal]).


Cheers,
Michael
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On Jun 22, Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org> wrote:

> Are there plans to enforce files under /etc/udev/rules.d/ being regular
> files in Debian, as they are in Ubuntu?
Enforce, no. Highly recommend, yes.

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* Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> [2008-06-26 01:09]:

> On Jun 22, Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org> wrote:
>
> > Are there plans to enforce files under /etc/udev/rules.d/ being regular
> > files in Debian, as they are in Ubuntu?
>
> Enforce, no. Highly recommend, yes.

Could you please point me to where the discussion about this have taken
place and/or where I can find the recommendation you mention?

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On Jun 26, Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org> wrote:

> > > Are there plans to enforce files under /etc/udev/rules.d/ being regular
> > > files in Debian, as they are in Ubuntu?
> > Enforce, no. Highly recommend, yes.
> Could you please point me to where the discussion about this have taken
> place and/or where I can find the recommendation you mention?
I maintain udev, so I speak with some authority on this.


(BTW, is there anybody who is interested in helping me with to package
a new udev release? I mostly need help to triage over six months of
mostly ignored bugs. Send applications to me privately.)

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