Ответ: MDEV: regexps

[Natanael Copa]

On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 05:20 +0000, Vladimir Dronnikov wrote:

> Changing the meaning of '>' is for cases when one does not want to
> have everything under /dev itself. E.g. all ALSA audio devices should
> (historically at least) be placed in /dev/snd and not in /dev. Current
> mdev would make 2 copies of such devices if a rule had exist to place
> them to /dev/snd. Because '>' means to redirect/move in other common
> OS places I found it reasonable to change its meaning. And '+' was
> found again rather reasonable for _add a symlink_.

The problem is we need backwards compability. your current mdev.conf
should still work. Denys does not know if '>' breaks current systems
since he dont use mdev.

> Again, let us decide what mdev is for!

I think your regexp patch gives alot for the bucks. I think this few
extra bytes could replace atleast 2 of my scripts. (new file allocates
at least 4kb so its a big win for me)

Thanks!

-nc