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 EB785138321 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 01:45:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 598D9E0662; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 01:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f43.google.com (mail-bk0-f43.google.com [209.85.214.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FA9BE0654 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 01:44:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f43.google.com with SMTP id jf20so8260294bkc.30 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:44:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=W4vlHzKk8UVM2p+s/DKvnLKq5eHVoLNT9n8uqBmpk18=; b=fGHlFnKNqxn80eOWLf8ucEjaZOHedwLRhfnv/mwK5xwTg6KVzANlB04btdJKE1RHoC NbVTZ6dVdVP4iJMUoNHbk4BYwWafLNLgQHbKyqifWt2dRZ9489TNx/UrunsGUyNTDLLq lDjBUrnmMP9B7VB9Zk6BmG5za0oZcsFui08ZVCOxO2dERQqR1Jl/gQV14ndEjE/f09Bu QlianKhK5WDzuIlDA1uNNYeQuQNTrReb47APKC04/Y0DgyZ4n03vdwjlV7t1JFi6J+Mk YMo/l0XSjLLL/aOpLTXflbfXQHkV1XTIeQgVYC+Jn0U3kxXw0w4rZViRXfDNOemHMuxH eFfA== 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 Received: by 10.204.146.1 with SMTP id f1mr29877466bkv.130.1357523060089; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:44:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.199.144 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Jan 2013 17:44:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50EA2364.4080604@gmail.com> References: <201301061119.56710.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <50EA2364.4080604@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 17:44:19 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 4 machines - no /dev/cdrom or /dev/dvd anymore From: Mark Knecht To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: cce28112-3afa-48f8-b15d-17ff20c996f0 X-Archives-Hash: 2faa2ee770de1fe8a7d47e8da1b69688 On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Dale wrote: > > I'm not sure that is a bug. As I posted earlier, this was changed a > good while back. There was a reason for it but I can't recall what it > was. The new devices for CD/DVDs is /dev/sr*. I don't have, and have > not had, /dev/cdrom or dvd on this rig for a good while and it works. I > think this happened about the same time as the hard drive devices were > changed from hd* to sd* even for old IDE drives. Since it was changed > on purpose, I don't believe this is a bug. > > Dale Might be true but how about digging up some references that this was done on purpose. It makes little sense to me that if someone did this on purpose, breaking lots of old scripts, leaving broken udev rules laying about and just assuming everyone would figure it out without so much and a news item then I'd say it was done pretty badly. Again, if it truly was 'on purpose' as you say then that's OK, but let's not create too much false history here. In my mind it's just as reasonable that it's just a mistake or someone that was overlooked, but I'm totally open to you showing us what we all missed.