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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-07-31 00:13:57 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-07-31 00:13:57 +0000
commit487d471b131dc7733ebdfd89e1d4aebd7d7cd349 (patch)
treece35e6a7905de651240232512c9da8a85fc0c272
parent3a234c0a82218253d42beb698c76da97052b34f2 (diff)
Added notes that udev does not recognize a backslash for line continuation.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.2/BOOK@7721 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter07/network.xml7
-rw-r--r--chapter07/symlinks.xml7
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index e6e9fcc50..472cc970e 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
<para>July 30, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Added notes that udev does not recognize
+ a backslash for line continuation.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Expanded the note in vim to better explain
spell files.</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml
index 83bbd0baa..6462aa16b 100644
--- a/chapter07/network.xml
+++ b/chapter07/network.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
<!-- Yes, I know that VLANs are beyond BLFS. This is not the reason to get them
incorrect by default when every distro does this right. -->
+ <note>
+ <para>Although the examples in this book work properly, be aware that
+ <application>udev</application> does not recognize the backslash for line
+ continuation. If modifying <application>udev</application> rules with an
+ editor, be sure to leave each rule on one physical line.</para>
+ </note>
+
<para>If you are going to use the bus position as a key, create
Udev rules similar to the following:</para>
diff --git a/chapter07/symlinks.xml b/chapter07/symlinks.xml
index 491fef925..6596366ae 100644
--- a/chapter07/symlinks.xml
+++ b/chapter07/symlinks.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="PHILIPS_CDD5301", \
</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
+ <note>
+ <para>Although the examples in this book work properly, be aware that
+ <application>udev</application> does not recognize the backslash for line
+ continuation. If modifying <application>udev</application> rules with an
+ editor, be sure to leave each rule on one physical line.</para>
+ </note>
+
<para>This way, the symlinks will stay correct even if you move the drives
to different positions on the IDE bus, but the
<filename>/dev/cdrom</filename> symlink won't be created if you replace