On Sunday 13 November 2005 09:17, Eduard Bloch wrote: > * Marco d'Itri [Sat, Nov 12 2005, 12:42:07PM]: > > Package: sl-modem-source > > Version: 2.9.9d-7 > > Severity: serious > > > > See policy 10.6: packages must use MAKEDEV instead of calling mknod.
I must agree with Mr. d'Itri in this case. > I suggest changing the policy to reflect the reality. Using a wrapper > like MAKEDEV to maintain device nodes which use arbitrary choosen > major/minor numbers is just not very useful. It is useful because it prevents breakage. GNU/kFreeBSD uses devfs to manage devices (because FreeBSD does) and it might break our systems (though probably not in this particular instance). For example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /sbin/MAKEDEV /dev/tty Results undefined on non-Linux systems, aborting MAKEDEV invocation. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -s GNU/kFreeBSD MAKEDEV does it right, and that's why it's in policy. > In this case, there is even more code to fix the major/minor numbers > because of a transition, you cannot seriosly tell me to "do that with > MAKEDEV". I remember having waited _months_ for addition of DVB devices > into makedev. Then you have a problem with the makedev maintainer. -- Brian M. Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Running on GNU/kFreeBSD Support alternative kernels in Debian! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]