Re: [PATCH 2/3] udev.eclass: add udev_hwdb_update function

On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM Lukas Schmelting <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> update the udev hardware database binary using the `systemd-hwdb update`
> command. The `udevadm hwdb` has been deprecated upstream.
>
> See-also: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/f8717d2a723cf594617c3acb7e90992c881a3280
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Schmelting <[email protected]>
> ---
>  eclass/udev.eclass | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/eclass/udev.eclass b/eclass/udev.eclass
> index 7d1c213fa643..afdf7c91c7a9 100644
> --- a/eclass/udev.eclass
> +++ b/eclass/udev.eclass
> @@ -130,3 +130,19 @@ udev_reload() {
>  }
>
>  fi
> +
> +# @FUNCTION: udev_hwdb_update
> +# @DESCRIPTION:
> +
> +# Rebuild the systemd hwdb binary database used by udev for hardware
> +# property lookups.  Should be called from pkg_postinst and pkg_postrm
> +# in packages installing hwdb files.
> +udev_hwdb_update() {
> +       if [[ -n ${ROOT} ]]; then
> +               return 0
> +       fi
> +
> +       ebegin "Running systemd-hwdb update to regenerate binary udev hardware database"
> +       systemd-hwdb update --root "${ROOT}"
> +       eend $?
> +}
> --
> 2.53.0

I pushed the udev.eclass patch along with a follow-up fix.