Hi
Brian May schrieb:
> >>>>> "Arthur" == Arthur Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Arthur> MAKEDEV does check for /dev/.devfsd, so as long as people
> Arthur> use MAKEDEV they don't have to bother.
>
> but packages still will print messages when creating devices. Packages
> should either:
>
> a) not print any messages when creating devices or
>
> b) only print messages if ! devfs.
c) change MAKEDEV to print the messages if any devices have to
be created, and remove that message-printing stuff from
packages.
> Otherwise, seeing messages that devices are being created on a devfs
> system can only cause confusion.
We should definitely avoid such "it prints this, but actually
it does that" stuff.
ciao, 2ri
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