RE: calling MAKEDEV from postinst

2001-07-17 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > It concerns the fact that MAKEDEV is called from the postinst to create > the required ISDN devices, without first asking the user for permission. > It does seem a bit odd. Most packages seem to ignore that piece of policy. Only plausible rationale would be the "sysadmins are cranky and wa

calling MAKEDEV from postinst

2001-07-17 Thread Paul Slootman
I got a bug report, marked "serious", on isdnutils today. It concerns the fact that MAKEDEV is called from the postinst to create the required ISDN devices, without first asking the user for permission. Apparently this is policy, although no one seems to know why it exists (a search of policy arc

Bug#105625: Spelling correction

2001-07-17 Thread Mikael Hedin
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.5.0 Severity: minor Tags: patch --- - Tue Jul 17 14:12:21 2001 +++ policy.sgml Tue Jul 17 14:09:37 2001 @@ -6023,7 +6023,7 @@ operate sensibly (dotfiles that they do not create themselves automatically, that is) are a bad thing.