From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BBB61381F3 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:28:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68E4521C09C; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:28:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com (mail-wi0-f177.google.com [209.85.212.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D1AA21C0C6 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:26:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f177.google.com with SMTP id hm2so605431wib.10 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:26:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=M4BmLWehiXYkbb6i/lZ+p6VYTI15nQUqKpUnfQmTv9Y=; b=FU54Su/uIqpl/s+8A7hhBoc07yEUaonJ2euKA5fJaVrwv+mpX6fMbyTVVnokf9Zhdx o++x5zFxCU1hrcNJVjMYsd95k24f1zEdYHL8mnyPQNjoCZHPyHuNctUWM7/A2S3DMzs8 4Z8uyTlkMlf9byfYYx0nR69J4G+nxcjy7iA5h0sXV8ueP84mL9v5JDzv4zOCrR93GqGb n6ERcVm7lmzToFTNA9/xEbmpd+hUSJq5dQqr7cqHBvntmSXCA6vTAVWnCferlvHcH8DU j4S3hfMu2kRkW7dXe8zfpXXLnXOEOCfInSlon+kKbPwkKTAMNBZJzvFXiOwEBnxzt985 pQwQ== X-Received: by 10.180.72.232 with SMTP id g8mr3665016wiv.0.1355502403760; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:26:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-209-117.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.209.117]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d9sm3216919wiw.0.2012.12.14.08.26.39 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:26:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:23:11 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? Message-ID: <20121214182311.0c5d8cd6@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: <50CB1942.3020900@gmail.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.14; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 37c1258d-3ff4-4481-803b-20d69bc1a559 X-Archives-Hash: 0d1a41995fdcdfe0da23dbcc6a8c53b7 On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:26:25 +0200 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 14/12/12 14:19, Dale wrote: > > I'm thinking of switching and getting rid of the init thingy > > Huh? Once upon a time, not so long ago, Dale happened to try and make an initrd. He followed the rules and the docs and it blew up in his face. It blew up more in his face than HAL did even longer ago (and that was pretty spectacular). Somewhere in that thread the words "init thingy" were used in frustration, and it's since become a meme, a disparaging reference to initrd for those who don't like the idea of them. Dale is getting famous at this, if ever we need someone to find the really bad bugs in basic software, just mark it stable enough so that Dale will use it. He will find the bugs that no-one else ever could, it's just a knack he has. Long live Dale. :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com