Re: [gentoo-dev] packages touching files in /dev

2022-05-25 Thread karl
Roy Bamford: > As a long time static /dev user the only thing I've noticed updates making > a mess of is /dev/snd. I've not traced that, I know what it is and how to > fix it. Its faster to fix it now and again that it is to establish the root > cause. Yes, It seems to be audio related. I'll see

Re: [gentoo-dev] packages touching files in /dev

2022-05-24 Thread Roy Bamford
On 2022.05.24 12:58, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 6:49 AM wrote: > > > > Is there some hook to emerge I can use where I can attach some code > to > > run tests after each individual package when doing emerge @world ? > > > > So, Portage has hooks, and that would work for any file

Re: [gentoo-dev] packages touching files in /dev

2022-05-24 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 6:49 AM wrote: > > Is there some hook to emerge I can use where I can attach some code to > run tests after each individual package when doing emerge @world ? > So, Portage has hooks, and that would work for any file being installed normally (so would config protection and

Re: [gentoo-dev] packages touching files in /dev

2022-05-24 Thread karl
Mike Gilbert: > On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 5:39 AM wrote: > > Dear package maintainers, > > please do not mess with preexisting files in /dev. ... > If you can identify specific packages that have caused you problems, > we can probably resolve them. I'll see what I can do, the easiest is probably m

Re: [gentoo-dev] packages touching files in /dev

2022-05-23 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 5:39 AM wrote: > > Dear package maintainers, > please do not mess with preexisting files in /dev. > > I have static /dev and that suit me well for quite a few systems that > has a static environment, especially system that are intended to run > for a long time and where I

[gentoo-dev] packages touching files in /dev

2022-05-23 Thread karl
Dear package maintainers, please do not mess with preexisting files in /dev. I have static /dev and that suit me well for quite a few systems that has a static environment, especially system that are intended to run for a long time and where I tend to minimize the number of running processes, eve