Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:07:38 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devfs doesn't set access rights Message-ID: <20051214000738.GB30810@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <439F59E8.9050505@gmx.de> References: <439EF8B5.4030702@gmx.de> <20051213164947.GA17705@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20051213180418.GA20852@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20051213192143.GA5926@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <439F24B2.1080408@gmx.de> <439F4AA4.5070500@earthmagic.org> <439F59E8.9050505@gmx.de>
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--Y7xTucakfITjPcLV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 12:31:52AM +0100, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > I agree that a more flexible approach is generally better, but since > it's not necessary I don't want to create an extra entry in my > /etc/usbd.conf (one more file to worry about during mergemaster). IIRC, usbd is/will be deprecated in favor of devd. =20 > Thus I think the best solution would be to dump devfs.conf and > /etc/rc.d/devfs entirely (or leave it optional for backwards > compatibility) and give devfs the ability to create links. Yeah, I agree that would be best. I'd be willing to look into that, but not before mid-januari. > I have a dislike for inconsistent solutions and I think most people here > share this dislike. It's just what happens when software grows. Sooner > or later you get to the point where you should throw away 80% of what's > there and turn the rest into something that does what needs to be done. Well, an adequate solution now always beats a perfect solution later. :-) =20 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDn2JKEnfvsMMhpyURAvwuAJ963W7Rl8cX81ia1PcNTsPuDFFINgCdF4Uz d9gPvGxp7giIzrdj3cs4YUM= =Zwgd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV--
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