[Buildroot] [PATCH 20/20 v3] package/xserver_xorg-server: needs libudev, not a udev daemon

Bernd Kuhls bernd.kuhls at t-online.de
Sun Jul 27 12:38:48 UTC 2014


Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8
@public.gmane.org> wrote in news:20140727143111.7f5091a0 at free-electrons.com:

> That's the kind of thing that worries me about the idea of allowing
> only libudev to be installed without the udev daemon running. I believe
> libudev and the udev daemon are meant to be used together, and we're
> likely to fall into various issues by allowing libudev to be installed
> separately from the udev daemon.

Hi Thomas,

and thats exactly the reason why I suggest to switch only those packages over 
to libudev which are proven to work without the udev daemon. This is true for 
mesa3d/libcec/xbmc/libdrm/xdriver_xf86-video-intel, the packages I am using 
on my non-udev-daemon system.

Regards, Bernd



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