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man: mention that no daemons should be started by udev
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Kay Sievers
<kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:49:25 +0000
(21:49 +0100)
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Kay Sievers
<kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:49:25 +0000
(21:49 +0100)
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a/src/udev.xml
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src/udev.xml
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src/udev.xml
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-382,14
+382,15
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<term><option>RUN</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Add a program to the list of programs to be executed for a specific
<term><option>RUN</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Add a program to the list of programs to be executed for a specific
- device. This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an
- event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
- this or a dependent device. Long running tasks need to be immediately
- detached from the event process itself.</para>
+ device.</para>
<para>If no absolute path is given, the program is expected to live in
/usr/lib/udev, otherwise the absolute path must be specified. The program
name and following arguments are separated by spaces. Single quotes can
be used to specify arguments with spaces.</para>
<para>If no absolute path is given, the program is expected to live in
/usr/lib/udev, otherwise the absolute path must be specified. The program
name and following arguments are separated by spaces. Single quotes can
be used to specify arguments with spaces.</para>
+ <para>This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an
+ event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
+ this or a dependent device. Starting daemons or other long running processes
+ is not appropriate for udev.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>