#1120578 udev: hwdb trigger does not update the hwdb in /etc

Package:
udev
Source:
udev
Description:
/dev/ and hotplug management daemon
Submitter:
Felipe Sateler
Date:
2025-11-12 17:39:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1120578#5
Date:
2025-11-12 17:36:39 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I was wondering why upower did not recognize my battery as supporting
charge limits, and I chased down the issue to an existing
/etc/udev/hwdb.bin . Running `systemd-hwdb update` fixed the issue.

As to why it didn't work automagically, I traced it down to the udev
trigger only updating the /usr dabatase.  This means that in practice
the update is ignored by the running udev because the db in /etc takes
precedence.