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Date:      Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:58:02 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        "Conrad E. Meyer" <cem@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>,  svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r329126 - head/etc/devd
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfrqevYVtb3A%2Bnc1HArk15_Uh0kYnRFffbH3UdjMfX8QTg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Feb 11, 2018 7:05 PM, "Conrad Meyer" <cem@freebsd.org> wrote:

On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Rodney W. Grimes
<freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> Moving this to /usr creates a cyclic issue in that you then need
> /usr to be mounted before devd can start and devd's /etc/rc.d file
> says:
> # PROVIDE: devd
> # REQUIRE: NETWORKING
> # BEFORE: mountcritremote
> # KEYWORD: nojail
>
> In the diskless and nfs shared /usr worlds devd wants to start
> before /usr is mounted.

If devd is needed to mount /usr (???), it seems like just another
demonstration of why separate /usr is a poor idea.


No, it's another reason why generated devd files are wrong in the face of
devmatch.

Warner



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