Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 125 release

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udev 125
========
Bugfixes.

Default udev rules, which are not supposed to be edited by the user, should
be placed in /lib/udev/rules.d/ now, to make it clear that they are private to
the udev package and will be replaced with an update. Udev will pick up rule
files from:
...
  /etc/udev/rules.d/  - user rules + on-the-fly generated rules
...

I think there is a problem. The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard states (See http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#ETCHOSTSPECIFICSYSTEMCONFIGURATION):

> The /etc hierarchy contains configuration files. A "configuration file" is a
> local file used to control the operation of a program; it must be static...

If I understand what is meant by "on-the-fly generated rules", these are not static and so don't belong under /etc. I think an FHS-conforming place for these would be under /var somewhere, such as /var/lib/udev. Placing them under /etc can be an issue for embedded systems where /etc is frequently read-only.





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