Subject: Re: bug#47681: Reloading udev rules requires a system restart
From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 20:43:40 -0500
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> writes:

> Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47681>.
>
> This change adjusts the location of the udev configuration file and rules
> directory to a fixed location.  Since udev relies on inotify to discover
> change to its rules directory (/etc/udev/rules.d), by using a fixed directory
> layout, new udev rules can be automatically picked up without restarting the
> service.
>
> * gnu/services/base.scm (udev-rules-union): Build rules output directly
> in #$output.
> (udev-shepherd-service)[start]: Adjust the UDEV_CONFIG_FILE and
> EUDEV_RULES_DIRECTORY environment variables.
> [actions]: Remove field.  The 'rules' action is no longer useful.
> (udev.conf): New variable.
> (udev-etc): New procedure.
> (udev-service-type): Extend the etc-service-type with it.

Pushed with commit e9fa17eb98efbd6211ab44ab49b8c078d4b73e04.

Closing.

Maxim