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@@ -1,30 +1,43 @@ -Usual options for udev installed in the root filesystem are: - ./configure \ +The options used used usually look like: + %configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ - --sbindir=/sbin \ + --bindir=/usr/bin \ + --sbindir=/usr/sbin \ --libdir=/usr/lib64 \ - --with-rootlibdir=/lib64 \ - --libexecdir=/lib/udev \ + --libexecdir=/usr/lib/udev \ + --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system \ --with-selinux -The options used in a RPM spec file usually look like: +The options used in a RPM spec file look like: %configure \ --prefix=%{_prefix} \ --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} \ - --sbindir=/sbin \ + --bindir=%{_bindir} \ + --sbindir=%{_sbindir} \ --libdir=%{_libdir} \ - --with-rootlibdir=/%{_lib} \ - --libexecdir=/lib/udev \ + --libexecdir=%{_prefix}/lib/udev \ + --with-systemdsystemunitdir=%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system \ --with-selinux +The options to install udev in the rootfs instead of /usr, +and udevadm in /sbin: + --bindir=/sbin + --sbindir=/sbin + --libexecdir=/lib/udev + --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system + --with-rootlibdir=/lib64 + +Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm in 'bin' +needs to be manually created if needed. + The defined location for scripts and binaries which are called -from rules is /lib/udev/ on all systems and architectures. Any +from rules is /usr/lib/udev/ on all systems and architectures. Any other location will break other packages, who rightfully expect -the /lib/udev/ directory, to install their rule helper and udev +the /usr/lib/udev/ directory, to install their rule helper and udev rule files. -It is possible to use the /lib/udev/devices/ directory to place +It is possible to use the /usr/lib/udev/devices/ directory to place device nodes, directories and symlinks, which are copied to /dev/ at every bootup. That way, nodes for devices which can not be detected automatically, or are activated on-demand by opening the |