On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Johann Spies wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Craig Sanders wrote: > > /dev/cua devices are obsolete now. they are only retained for > > backwards compatibility with old binaries. > > My system is still configured using /dev/cua. Is it necessary to > change that? How do I do that? I am using Debian 1.2.
it's not strictly necessary but i think it is better to. i.e. it is "correct" to do so, but not required. if you want to, here's how you do it: - change all configuration files which reference /dev/cua? to /dev/ttyS? - if you have a sym link from /dev/modem to /dev/cua?, change the symlink so that it points to /dev/ttyS? instead. - if using non-debian binaries which don't use /var/lock/LCK..ttyS? for the lock file then try either replacing the non-debian binaries with debian binaries (if available...most programs are), or recompile the source code so that it does locking properly (while you're at it, debianise the package and release it for others to share :-). > Some of my binaries however are still from the Debian 1.1. not a problem. the switch from cua to ttyS devices happened before Debian 1.1 craig
