Intention to adopt eudev

[Jesse Smith]

>
> Gentoo recently announced a decision to drop maintenance of the eudev
> package. [1]
> 
> As long as eudev [2] is an essential component of distributions
> implementing init system diversity, there are several paths forward:
> 
> - continue maintaining eudev
> - switch to udev from systemd
> - switch to another alternative [3][4]
> 
> After some discussion and research of the current alternatives, eudev
> seems to be the most mature and least risky option but will require
> ongoing maintenance.
> 
> systemd's udev is not an option because it is clearly stated that there
> is no plan to keep it usable outside of systemd's environment. [5]
> 
> Devuan has initiated an effort to bring together those interested in
> keeping eudev maintained on #devuan-eudev [6].
> 
> We would like to invite all interested parties and/or individuals to
> join our effort.

I'm very much interested in this effort. I downloaded the latest eudev
source and tried to build it. Even with all the requested dependencies
installed, it didn't build on my Debian machine and there doesn't seem
to be any documentation to help with the process.

In my mind, this seems like the first hurdle to clear: figuring out how
to get eudev to build cleanly on Debian and Devuan and document it
clearly, maybe in a text file called INSTALL.

The error I get when trying to run the autogen.sh script is:

libtoolize: linking file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:164: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1


Jesse