Re: fstab update for persistent device names
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 10:47:00AM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> > We need to decide which arches needs this rewrite now and which value
> > should be filed in.
> And also, how should we re-write them? Should we just provide
> documentation, or also provide a utility to do it?
You don't want to do things manual if you can automate them.
> > - /dev/disk/by-label: Filesystem label.
> Do all filesystems support labels? fat doesn't, iirc.
No.
> > - /dev/disk/by-uuid: UUID of filesystem. Maybe we want the uuid of md
> > devices also?
> Do all filesystems support UUID?
No.
> For 4), we could either try and incorporate all config file knowledge
> in the utility, or provide a hook system by which we make a name map
> available but each package is responsible for doing its own
> renaming. The latter would give us a pass on the "don't edit other
> package's config files" rule.
No. Maintainer scripts must not change _any_ conffile.
Bastian
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