Description of problem: /etc/udev/devices/ may contain device files, when / is not mounted with nodev option, which is the default, and someone uses grep -R on /etc the system may hang - or other unexpected behaviour may occur. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.1.1-1 How reproducible: always
/etc/fstab isn't created by setup but rather during installation, so reassigning this bug to anaconda. Read ya, Phil
This could break cases where people expect to be able to use devices elsewhere, though. /etc/udev/devices should really use a textual description of the devices much like MAKEDEV does
(In reply to comment #2) > This could break cases where people expect to be able to use devices elsewhere, > though. /etc/udev/devices should really use a textual description of the > devices much like MAKEDEV does How often does one use device-files outside of /dev and why does anyone need this?
/etc/udev/devices/ is deprecated.. the use of /etc/udev/makedev.d is encouraged for exactly this reason.