svn commit: r329126 - head/etc/devd

[Rodney W. Grimes]

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> On Sun, 2018-02-11 at 10:20 -0800, Conrad Meyer wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Ian Lepore <ian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Author: ian
> > > Date: Sun Feb 11 16:35:56 2018
> > > New Revision: 329126
> > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/329126
> > > 
> > > Log:
> > > ? Regenerate devd/usb.conf after the recent addition of several new
> > > device IDs.
> > > 
> > > Modified:
> > > ? head/etc/devd/usb.conf
> > 
> > If this file is machine generated and not an administrator
> > configuration file, shouldn't it live in /usr/share instead of /etc,
> > per hier(7)?
> > 
> > Best,
> > Conrad
> > 
> 
> I wonder if that question would apply to all five files we put in
> /etc/devd? ?It looks like they could be moved to /usr/share with
> minimal fuss by adding that directory to the search list in
> /etc/devd.conf.

Moving this to /usr creates a cyclic issue in that you then need
/usr to be mounted before devd can start and devd's /etc/rc.d file
says:
# PROVIDE: devd
# REQUIRE: NETWORKING
# BEFORE: mountcritremote
# KEYWORD: nojail

In the diskless and nfs shared /usr worlds devd wants to start
before /usr is mounted.

> I'm agnostic about the value of moving them. ?Users can configure local
> rules by modifying the existing devd.conf and files in devd/ and
> dealing with mergemaster on updates, or by adding their own new files
> in devd/.

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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org