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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:19:16 -0400
From: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
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To: Alan Jenkins <sourcejedi.lkml@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: disk Partition label changes and reflecting them in 	/dev/disks-by-label/
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Alan Jenkins wrote:
>
> The latest version of udev listens for inotify events on block
> devices.  When a utility writes to the block device (or rather, when
> it closes it after opening it for writing), Udev will synthesize a
> "change" event.  The standard udev rules will re-check the device, and
> update the links under /dev/disk to reflect changes in labels etc.
..

Yes, it seems to catch LABEL changes just fine.

On a related note:
But not UUID changes for some reason (?).
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