Bug#921771: udev: hwdb --update no longer documented, but still required and working

[Michael Biebl]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:46:04 +0100 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:24:24 +0000 Qaz W <qazwsxedc at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Package: udev
> > Version: 232-25+deb9u8
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> > 
> >    * What led up to the situation?
> > Tried to implement a keyboard remapping by making changes in
> > /etc/udev/hwdb.d/70-keyboard-custom.hwdb and then updating hwdb.bin
> > 
> >    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> >      ineffective)?
> > Looked at output from "man udevadm" and "udevadm --help", neither of which
> > mentions the "udevadm hwdb --update" command option any more.
> > 
> >    * What was the outcome of this action?
> > Erroneously (as it turned out) concluded that "systemd-hwdb update" was
> > the correct command to run to update hwdb.bin. It was not. Changes in 
> > /etc/udev/hwdb.d/70-keyboard-custom.hwdb were ignored.
> 
> 
> "systemd-hwdb update" is the correct command to update hwdb.bin
> 
> Please attach your /etc/udev/hwdb.d/70-keyboard-custom.hwdb


Any updates?

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