id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
1651	Don't kill udevd on the host	alexander@…	lfs-book@…	"Currently, the book kills all instances of udevd, including the host's one, at
least twice:

1) When doing a ""make install"" for udev. Avoidable by using ""make DESTDIR=/
EXTRAS=extras/run_directory install"", as the LiveCD does.
2) Exlicitly in ""9.3. Rebooting the System"", in urder to unmount filesystems.

LiveCD avoids (2) by never issuing ""udevstart"", but that is not acceptable for
the book because udevstart is needed before installing GRUB as the boot loader.
No solution suitable for the book is currently known other than (very
suboptimal) reverting to static /dev. Ideas are welcome.

Killing the hosts's udevd is bad, because on the current Debian Sid and on other
hosts that set /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug to empty string this completely breaks
the hosts's ability to process hotplug events.

On hosts that set /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug to either /sbin/hotplug or
/sbin/udevsend, the problem is of absolutely no severety, as the next hotplug
event will re-execute udevd."	defect	closed	highest	6.1.1	Book	SVN	blocker	fixed		joergen@…