On Wednesday 09 May 2007, Karel Zak wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:06:56PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > is there something libvolume_id provides that libuuid (from e2fsprogs) > > doesnt ? what i'm getting at is udev is a linux-2.6ism so relying on it > > kind of sucks i think ... e2fsprogs is for all linux versions ... > > The mount+libblkid (= mount(8) linked against libblkid from > e2fsprogs) is independent on udev and I think (I didn't test it) you > can use it on non-2.6 systems. > > (Hehe.. 2.6ism, nice argument why blkid is better :-))) although > that's not so important from my POV.) > > Kay added to CC: (libvolume_id maintainer). > > Thanks, it seems like a good idea to test release util-linux-ng > candidates on 2.4 kernels too. i'd lean towards a solution that utilizes libs from e2fsprogs rather than libs from udev ... i'm pretty sure e2fsprogs should be generally independent of the kernel version personally, i'm happy with 2.6+, but i know users of Gentoo wont be :( -mike
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