Hi James,
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:04 AM, James Powell <james4591@???>
wrote:

> Thanks Jude.
>
> The Slackware package is delayed, but only due to the lack of a Slackware
> style script. I might try to ask one of the Slackware team for assistance
> when I resume work. However, the package is fairly much completed in terms
> of installation points and directory setup.
>

Hey, that's pretty cool! First the AUR packages (from Jack Frost aka
openfbt), now Slackware.

I'm not a Slackware or Arch user, but please let me know if there's
anything I can do to make packaging easier? I don't want to make things
needlessly difficult :)

-Jude


> Sent from my Windows Phone
> ------------------------------
> From: Jude Nelson <judecn@???>
> Sent: 5/13/2015 8:24 PM
> To: dng@???
> Subject: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update (2015-05-03)
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I have the latest news for vdev:
>
> * vdev now creates symlinks for:
> -- /dev/v4l/by-path
> -- /dev/disk/by-partuuid
> -- /dev/disk/by-partlabel
>
> Thank you Scooby for helping me confirm this!
>
> * vdev now sets the proper ownership and permissions for:
> -- /dev/mISDNtimer
> -- /dev/mwave
> -- /dev/parport[0-9]
> -- /dev/printer
> -- /dev/ppdev
> -- /dev/lp[0-9]
> -- /dev/irlpt[0-9]
> -- /dev/sch[0-9]
> -- /dev/pktcdvd[0-9]
> -- /dev/qft[0-9]
> -- /dev/zqft[0-9]
> -- /dev/nqft[0-9]
> -- /dev/nzqft[0-9]
> -- /dev/rawqft[0-9]
> -- /dev/nraqft[0-9]
> -- /dev/rawctl
> -- /dev/aoe
> -- /dev/lirc[0-9]
> -- /dev/legousbtower
> -- /dev/sonypi
> -- /dev/mmtimer
> -- /dev/sgi_*
> -- /dev/z90crypt
>
> * Didier Kryn has gotten vdevd and vdevfs to statically link and compile
> with musl libc. I'm looking forward to merging his contributions :)
>
> * the build system has been refactored to use Makefiles more
> appropriately:
> -- every generated file gets written to a separate build/ directory
> -- every generated file is created by a non-phony target (i.e. nothing
> happens by side-effect)
> -- global buildconf.mk for setting variables
> Thanks to Didier again for the suggestion!
>
> * the initramfs hook conditionally pulls in iproute2, lvm, dmsetup,
> blkid, etc. Moreover, vdev's helpers conditionally use these programs if
> they are present. This means that vdev doesn't strictly depend on them
> anymore, which is good if you're not using mapped devices or logical
> volumes. Thanks to Anto for the suggestion!
>
> * the initramfs hook pulls in the correct GNU libc files now, so chown(1)
> will work correctly in the initramfs. Thanks to Scooby, Isaac Dunham, Tom
> H for their help!
>
>
> [For Next Time]
>
> * The next immediate objective is to package vdevd for Devuan, to make
> it easier to test (in particular, easier to get a working initramfs). I'm
> currently dissecting udev's packaging and reading through Isaac's mdev
> scripts to see what to expect and what we can recycle. I've never packaged
> something this complex before. Thanks to Scooby, Anto, Tom H, and others
> for all their help on getting me this far!
>
> * Symlinks and permissions for RAID devices (/dev/md[0-9] and friends).
> I don't run a RAID myself, so I'll need to go set one up in QEMU. If
> someone wants to test vdev with a RAID, let me know, and I'll try to write
> a helper script to play around with sooner rather than later.
>
> * In some distros and configurations, a separate device manager (like
> mdev) can populate just enough of /dev to mount root, but not try to set up
> any symlinks. Vdevd must have a way for the admin to tell it to run helper
> scripts for the device even if its device node was already created
> (indicating that it has been set up), so the symlinks and permissions still
> get set appropriately. Thanks to Scooby for reporting this!
>
> Thanks,
> -Jude
>