libudev: require LIBUDEV_I_KNOW_THE_API_IS_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE

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+udev 127
+========
+Bugfixes.
+
+Optical drives media is no longer probed for raid signatures,
+reading the end of the device causes some devices to malfunction. 
+Also the offset of the last session is used to probe for the
+filesystem
+
+The volume_id library got a major version number update to 1,
+some deprecated functions are removed.
+
+A shared library "libudev" gets installed now, to provide access
+to udev device information. DeviceKit, the successor of HAL, will
+need this library to access the udev database and search sysfs for
+devices.
+The library is currently in an experimental state, also the API is
+expected to change, as long as the DeviceKit integration is not
+finished.
+
 udev 126
 ========
 We use ./configure now. See INSTALL for details. Current
@@ -15,12 +35,16 @@ options are:
         compile-in verbose debug messages
     --disable-logging
         disable all logging and compile-out all log strings
-    --enable-selinux
-        link against SELInux libraries to set the expected context
+    --with-selinux
+        link against SELInux libraries, to set the expected context
         for created files
 
-No symlinks to udevadm are installed anymore, if still neded, the
-package should create them.
+In the default rules, the group "disk" gets permissions 0660 instead
+of 0640. One small step closer to unify distro rules. Some day, all
+distros hopefully end up with the same set of rules.
+
+No symlinks to udevadm are installed anymore, if they are still needed,
+they should be provided by the package.
 
 udev 125
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