Re: disk Partition label changes and reflecting them in /dev/disks-by-label/

[Mark Lord]

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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