From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 14 00:07:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52AEF16A420 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:07:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9902043D58 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:07:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jBE07c5E034065; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:07:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 856C6B827; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:07:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:07:38 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" Message-ID: <20051214000738.GB30810@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Y7xTucakfITjPcLV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <439F59E8.9050505@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devfs doesn't set access rights X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:07:41 -0000 --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--