Bug#491107: something in dmsetup.rules renders udev useless

[Modestas Vainius]

Package: dmsetup
Version: 2:1.02.27-2
Severity: critical
File: /etc/udev/rules.d/65_dmsetup.rules

Hello,

I'm reporting this as critical because it rendered my systems
unbootable.  When /etc/udev/rules.d/65_dmsetup.rules is present, udev
stops functioning properly (various anomalies can be seen like wrong
permissions on /dev/null etc.). If, unfortunately, initramfs image is
regenerated and that rules gets included, system becomes unbootable due
to "Waiting for root file system". Actually, even if udev daemon is
started in this case, it simply sits there and won't coldplug a single
device. Moving this file away resolves the problem. I reproduced this
problem on both my computers with 2.6.26-trunk-amd64, 2.6.25-2-amd64 and
a few other kernels (which had initramfs regenerated).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=lt_LT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages dmsetup depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.7-12      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1           2:1.02.27-2 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use

dmsetup recommends no packages.

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