udev rules in /etc/udev/rules.d are symlinks but must be regular files

[Thomas S.]

In file /etc/udev/rules.d/README there is the statement:

" The udev daemon watches this directory
with inotify so that changes to these files are automatically picked
up, for this reason they must be files and not symlinks to another
location as in the case in Debian."

But the udev-rule from package libchipcard-tools is placed in /etc/udev, and there is a softlink to that file in /etc/udev/rules.d.

This doesn't work, the rules aren't evalutated. I copied the relevant rule from that file to a new file in /etc/udev/rules.d, and now it works.

So IMHO the place for the configuration file within that package should be changed.

This also applies to to file /ect/udev/logitechmouse.rules from package kcontrol, but I didn't know how to add to packages to one bug report...

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The attached debdiff fixes this issue by installing the file directly to /etc/udev/rules.d/ and not creating a link.

[Micha Lenk (micha)]

Simon, thanks for the patch. Once Debian Lenny has been released I will integrate it in the Debian package.

Right now I don't remember why the package installs the rules file into /etc/udev instead of /etc/udev/rules.d and does this symlink mess up. I guess it is owed to early udev versions, so it should be safe to move the file (as suggested) in Debian too. Anyone else with more udev history knowledge around?

Micha

[Micha Lenk (micha)]

A fix has been released to Debian in libchipcard 4.2.4-2

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This is fixed in jaunty in libchipcard (4.1.3-2ubuntu1)