After being notificated of Bug #370540 (could fail gracefully if /dev/MAKEDEV exists), I took a look at the udev init script. The function for creating /dev/MAKEDEV (line 45) says:
[ ! -e /dev/MAKEDEV ] || ln -s /sbin/MAKEDEV /dev/MAKEDEV This will quit if MAKEDEV does not exist, but not create it. Please change it to: [ ! -e /dev/MAKEDEV ] && ln -s /sbin/MAKEDEV /dev/MAKEDEV or to [ -e /dev/MAKEDEV] || ln -s /sbin/MAKEDEV /dev/MAKEDEV regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html
*** /etc/init.d/udev 2006-09-03 12:15:35.000000000 +0200 --- /home/andreas/udev 2006-09-19 21:40:42.000000000 +0200 *************** *** 42,48 **** create_dev_makedev() { if [ -e /sbin/MAKEDEV ]; then ! [ ! -e /dev/MAKEDEV ] || ln -s /sbin/MAKEDEV /dev/MAKEDEV else ln -s /bin/true /dev/MAKEDEV fi --- 42,48 ---- create_dev_makedev() { if [ -e /sbin/MAKEDEV ]; then ! [ ! -e /dev/MAKEDEV ] && ln -s /sbin/MAKEDEV /dev/MAKEDEV else ln -s /bin/true /dev/MAKEDEV fi
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