Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:45:36 -0200 (BRST) | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: devfs unable to handle permission: 2.4.17-pre[4,5] /ALSA-0.9.0beta[9,10] |
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Richard Gooch wrote: > > > Oh, the "tar kludge". That script has been obsolete for over a year > > and a half. I should have removed it ages ago. I really should get > > around to doing that one day. > > You should have done this a year ago. Permission management with the > "tar kludge" was a valid option so far and is currently in use. There > was no warning period that this future would be obsolete. > BTW from your devfsd-v1.3.20 release notes: > > "NOTE: this release finally provides complete permissions management. > Manually (i.e. non driver or devfsd) created inodes can now be > restored when devfsd starts up. This requires v1.2 of the devfs core > (available in 2.4.17-pre1) for best operation." > > The tar solution only works until 2.4.16, the new devfsd provides this > only with 2.4.17. I'll leave the final decision to Marcelo, whether he > accepts this or not. I shut up now, may someone else explain the meaning > of compatibility to you.
Roman,
I haven't read the whole thread.
Could you please explain me what is the problem in detail?
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