Re: Bug#286040: please allow permissions.d to follow symlinks

[Lindsay Haisley <fmouse-gentoo@fmp.com>]

Thus spake Lindsay Haisley on Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:11:06AM CST
> Thus spake martin f krafft on Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 02:04:13AM CST
> > also sprach Lindsay Haisley <fmouse-gentoo@fmp.com> [2004.12.20.2005 +0100]:
> > > as boot-time device config is concerned.  Until all device modules from all
> > > vendors support sysfs then this may be necessary.  Red Hat and other distros
> > > use other methods, but the issue is probably the same.
> > 
> > As it sounds like a workaround, sure, it should take precedence.
> > 
> > > I use RC_DEVICE_TARBALL to store and retrieve VMware devices. 
> > 
> > Why not define custom rules? Or is it just not possible without
> > sysfs support?
> > 
> > Then maybe you want to add a modutils hook?
> 
> Yes, you're right.  I could use a modules post-install to create the
> devices.  In the case of VMware, I could also put appropriate mknod's in
> /etc/init.d/vmware, which is what the VMware people suggest.  I think I
> needed to get my guest OS up and running in a hurry, maybe to do my monthly
> billing or some such and using RC_DEVICE_TARBALL was quick and easy. 
> Because The VMware kernel modules don't support sysfs at all, I don't think
> it's possible to do a workaround in any kind of udev rule.

The point is that as long as Gentoo provides this feature, which overrides
udev rules at boot then udev is potentially only useful for configuring hot
plugged devices on a running system and the question of udev rules and
permissions.d for setting boot-time options is moot.

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