Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3506 mails)

["Joe Morris (NTM)" <Joe_Morris@xxxxxxx>]

Adolph Weidanz wrote:
> Hey all...
>
> I was up on the kernel site and the latest version of udev on
> http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/ is udev-100,
> the latest RPM I've found for 10.1 is udev-085-30.11 
Check out http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-jmorris/suse101/
I built a x86_64 package, based on the Factory version.  If you need
i386, you could rebuild the src.rpm.
> Now the udev site
> says "please use the packages provided by your distro instead of trying
> to install from the source tree." The README has dire warnings
> "Integrating udev in the system is a whole lot of work, has complex
> dependencies and differs a lot from distro to distro. All major distros
> depend on udev these days and the system may not work without a proper
> installed version. The upstream udev project does not support or
> recommend to replace a distro's udev installation with the upstream
> version. The installation of a unmodified upstream version may render
> your system unusable."
>
Sounds like wise advice.
> So does anyone know of an RPM of the latest or is running the -100 that
> is willing to pass on what worked and what didn't? I am running
> 2.6.16.13-4-default.
>
I would recommend upgrading your kernel to at least 2.6.16.21-0.13 for
the security fixes, and I would suggest keeping the stock udev.  I am
using the package I built, but am running a 2.6.17.13 self-built kernel,
as well as the 2.6.18-rc5-1.1-default (just for testing).  If your
version above is a typo, you are free to try the package referenced
above.  It works OK for me, but YMMV.

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Joe Morris
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