Je Fri, 8 Jun 2001 14:42:00 +0200,
Arthur Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribis:
> c) change MAKEDEV to print the messages if any devices have to
> be created, and remove that message-printing stuff from
> packages.
Except that output from MAKEDEV may screw up (the stdout-using)
debconf. Please leave
Hi
> Should MAKDEV be able to create new symlinks (that is, modify
> /etc/devfs/symlinks), and by doing so, still be able to notify the user?
(NB: I'm neither the makedev nor the devfsd maintainer, though
I've done quite some fiddling with the latter and would be
willing to help with it.)
No. Th
At 20010608.18:59:04, Brian May wrote
Brian> > "Arthur" == Arthur Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Brian>
Brian> Arthur> MAKEDEV does check for /dev/.devfsd, so as long as people
Brian> Arthur> use MAKEDEV they don't have to bother.
Brian>
Brian> but packages still will
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 eit
> "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
Discussing the question of making device files in a postinst, and how
to go about doing so.
I'd really like it if someone could draft a proposal which says how it
ought to be done (Russell?).
Thanks,
Julian
- Forwarded message from Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -
Date: Mon, 4 Ju
Hi
> > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 02:37:19PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> > > Also make the package check for the presence of the character device
> > > /dev/.devfsd first, if that device exists then your script must not
> > > attempt to create the device node and it should be left for the kernel to
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