DJ Lucas wrote these words on 03/21/06 19:23 CST: > IMO, it needs to be in _one_ of the books. BLFS software, at least at > one time, required various symlinks. Other software beyond BLFS I know > still requires /dev/dvd.
Some may require the links (but in my opinion that makes it poorly written software), while others such as http://www.mcmurchy.com/rmlcopydvd/ go after the /dev/{h,s,?}d{?} devices. It simply is not that difficult for software developers to poll the devices and figure out what they are, and what is available, though in all fairness, it sure would be nice to count on /dev/cdrom, /dev/cdrecorder, /dev/dvd/, etc., etc., being accurate. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 19:33:00 up 1 day, 49 min, 5 users, load average: 0.10, 0.03, 0.01 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
