Randy McMurchy wrote:
> DJ Lucas wrote these words on 03/21/06 19:23 CST:
> 
>> IMO, it needs to be in _one_ of the books.  BLFS software, at least at 
>> one time, required various symlinks.  Other software beyond BLFS I know 
>> still requires /dev/dvd.
> 
> Some may require the links (but in my opinion that makes it poorly
> written software), while others such as
> http://www.mcmurchy.com/rmlcopydvd/ go after the /dev/{h,s,?}d{?}
> devices.
> 
> It simply is not that difficult for software developers to poll the
> devices and figure out what they are, and what is available, though
> in all fairness, it sure would be nice to count on /dev/cdrom,
> /dev/cdrecorder, /dev/dvd/, etc., etc., being accurate.
> 

It would also be nice for software to have configuration files where you
could specify the devices as needed e.g. xorg.conf.

 -- Bruce
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