Ubuntu
busybox package

missing mdev in busybox

Bug #321312 reported by Andrej Gelenberg
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busybox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: busybox

I need mdev for my costum initram. It is usefull tool. I wont have it at least in busybox and busybox-static packages.
In my patch it is CONFIG_MDEV=y.
May be CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_CONF, CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME, CONFIG_FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC should be enabled, but at the moment i dont need it, but it take not much place.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/busybox
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Andrej Gelenberg (andrej-gelenberg) wrote :
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

We definitely don't want this in the udeb.

Is there any reason you can't just use udev? I suspect it's more likely to work well on Ubuntu, and we use it in our initramfs.

Changed in busybox:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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Andrej Gelenberg (andrej-gelenberg) wrote :

Not really. mdev is smaller and simpler to use. It doesn't need any config files, it doesn't need proper bootstrapped /dev, it is not a daemon (for what on initram?).

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package busybox - 1:1.10.2-2ubuntu4

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busybox (1:1.10.2-2ubuntu4) jaunty; urgency=low

  * [deb] Enable mdev; we don't use it in Ubuntu ourselves, but some users
    would like to (LP: #321312).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:39:19 +0000

Changed in busybox:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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