Re: MAKEDEV in postinst files

2000-07-20 Thread Joey Hess
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 appropri

Re: MAKEDEV in postinst files

2000-07-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > 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 as

Re: MAKEDEV in postinst files

2000-07-19 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 11:40:10 -0700 (+), Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 18-Jul-2000 Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > Debian policy says: > > 4.6. Device files > > - > > No package may include device files in the package file tree. > > > > If a package needs any special device

RE: MAKEDEV in postinst files

2000-07-19 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 18-Jul-2000 Adrian Bridgett wrote: > Debian policy says: > 4.6. Device files > - > No package may include device files in the package file tree. > > If a package needs any special device files that are not included in the > base system, it has to call `makedev' in the `postinst

MAKEDEV in postinst files

2000-07-19 Thread Adrian Bridgett
Debian policy says: 4.6. Device files - No package may include device files in the package file tree. If a package needs any special device files that are not included in the base system, it has to call `makedev' in the `postinst' script, after asking the user for permission to do