Re: eject merged into util-linux

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On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 16:30 +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> The original eject project (at sourceforge.net) is inactive for more
>  than 4 year. Unfortunately, the command is still used in mainstream
>  Linux distributions (for example udisks depends on the eject
>  functionality). 

Great news! This was one of my favorite tools when I first began using
Linux, nice to have it in u-l now.

> Changes:
> 
>   * complete refactoring (the original code was real mess...)
> 
>   * merged patches from Fedora (auto-eject, manual-eject, close-tray
>     list-speed and removable/hotpluggable-check patches)
> 
>   * removed support for incomplete paths (for example "eject foo" was
>     interpreted as "eject /media/foo" or "eject /mnt/foo". The
>     incomplete paths are supported for devices only (e.g. "eject sda").
> 
>     FOR MOUNTPOINT YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY COMPLETE PATH!
> 
>   * enabled by default (and added --disable-eject)
> 
>   * if a partition is specified, whole-disk device is used for eject
>     ioctl(s), for example "eject /dev/sda1" is the same as "eject /dev/sda"
> 
> 
>  Thanks to Michal Luscon for help.
> 
>     Karel
> 


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