Udev versus libudev-fbsd - educate me

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#1

Hi;

I have several legacy (non-standard openwrt) linux packages dependent upon udev conflicting with python3-homeassistant (another new package) requiring libudev-fbsd. The conflict is between udev and libudev-fbsd which are config'd as conflicting.

It appears I must get rid of udev in favor of libudev-fbsd, but my ignorance is an impediment.

Any good web references contrasting:

  1. why udev had to go - procd incompatible
  2. udev versus libudev-fbsd functionality
  3. porting guides: udev to libudev-fbsd

Thanks;
Bill

#2

udev is either dependent on systemd or glibc. Both are an issue.

libudev-fbsd is a random shim that probably shouldn't be used: https://github.com/jiixyj/libudev-fbsd/issues/2#issuecomment-346261344

It's also based on an old version of udev.

#3

Thanks nehab.

I am using glibc and not systemd already. So, I will determine how to work around replacing libudev-fbsd with udev for python3-homeassistant. For now, I disabled HA dependency checking and, it compiles at least

#4

The long term solution to the problem is to create an OpenWrt version of libudev that integrates properly with price, according to @dangowrt .