Adrian Bridgett wrote: > Good point, but it's still a question. In fact adding debconf support > raises the interesting question - what severity should the question be - > critical? > > The package I'm maintaining (tpctl) adds /dev/thinkpad (root.root > 0660) and so "low" would seem more appropriate - in fact not asking at all > seems appropriate to me :-)
I wonder if this is some remnant that has lurked in policy for a long time. Every makedev using package I know of violates the rule. Does anyone know what its purpose is? -- see shy jo