On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Rogutės Sparnuotos<rogutes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Allan McRae (2009-08-01 22:33): >> Hi all, >> >> Getting around to this again.... >> >> [draft] >> /dev layour cleanup >> >> The /dev layout has been cleaned up to comply to the device names >> specified in the Linux kernel documentation. We had some legacy left >> from our devfs days, which has now been removed. >> >> The most obvious change from a users perspective is the vc/*->tty* >> transition. The initscripts-2007.08 update requires adjusting the >> /etc/inittab file to refer to tty* instead of vc/*. Due to severe >> system breakages if this file is not updated, this change will be >> automatically handled by pacman. The original /etc/inittab file is >> saved as /etc/inittab.pacsave. To be clear: >> >> package /etc/inittab -> inittab.pacnew (if needed) >> system /etc/inittab -> inittab.pacsave >> system /etc/inittab --sed--> inittab >> >> Make sure to check these files after the update and do any merging that >> is required. >> [/draft] >> >> Finally, are we going to do a quick update to initscripts and filesystem >> before this is moved? There have been a few patches push to get for >> these. I can do that tomorrow if people agree? >> >> Allan > > As someone has already mentioned, it would be nice to mention the > reasons for this (vc/*->tty*) change to please curious users... > Why is this needed? Are /dev/vc/* going away? It's in the first paragraph
