[Bug 1034023] Re: add a nodevtmpfs option

[Steve Langasek]

As discussed on IRC, the only reason this is being floated is that
upstart is being overly aggressive in normalizing /dev/console.  We
don't need to add another layer to that, we really just need upstart to
not be worrying over /dev/console in the first place when it's never had
to worry before.

** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  add a nodevtmpfs option

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  upstart is being modified to detect when certain /dev entries are not
  as expected, and to mount a devtmpfs if so.  One of the entries being
  checked is /dev/console.  In a container, /dev/console will not be as
  expected (it will either be 136,X, or a symlink to /dev/lxc/console
  which is 136,X).

  LXC sets up the required device nodes and /dev/pts before starting
  init.  Therefore it would be nice to be able to simply pass init an
  option to tell it not to bother mounting a devtmpfs.  Upstart could
  probably re-use the existing 'container=lxc' environment variable (and
  the equiv for libvirt).  Or it could use a new nodevtmpfs option.

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