Bug 16369 - Replace eudev with minimal udev build
Summary: Replace eudev with minimal udev build
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ enhancement
Target Milestone: 6.1 M3
Assignee: Kris Gavvala
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Reported: 2026-07-21 14:40 UTC by Paul Barker
Modified: 2026-07-23 14:46 UTC (History)
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Description Paul Barker 2026-07-21 14:40:27 UTC 
We have become aware we should ideally replace eudev with a minimal udev build from systemd instead, similar to what some other distros are doing.
Comment 1 Randy MacLeod 2026-07-23 14:44:55 UTC 
eudev, a gentoo fork of udev, is unmaintained. 
Gentoo has move to eudev.
Comment 2 Ross Burton 2026-07-23 14:46:08 UTC 
Prior art in gentoo is the systemd-utils package which amongst other bits, builds a standalone udev from systemd: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/systemd-utils.