Bug#489759: udev: Please improve the confusing comments in links.conf

2008-07-13 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-07-08 18:05:52, schrieb Ferenc Wagner: As far as I can see, initramfs-tools manually creates /dev/null and /dev/console, and those nodes are also passed into the final /dev. I tested commenting out those two lines and the nodes were present after a reboot. Are you sure your hated

Bug#489759: udev: Please improve the confusing comments in links.conf

2008-07-08 Thread Ferenc Wagner
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) README.Debian. Do you mean the following? Manually creating devices ~ Device nodes present in /lib/udev/devices/ will be copied to /dev/ at boot time. This doesn't say any more than the comment in links.conf.

Bug#489759: udev: Please improve the confusing comments in links.conf

2008-07-08 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jul 08, Ferenc Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or if you feel like it isn't worth the formal hassle of releasing another version, please send me a pointer to the reasoning behind. links.conf exists because Debian policy for right or wrong forbids to ship device nodes in packages, and udev

Bug#489759: udev: Please improve the confusing comments in links.conf

2008-07-08 Thread Ferenc Wagner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes: On Jul 08, Ferenc Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or if you feel like it isn't worth the formal hassle of releasing another version, please send me a pointer to the reasoning behind. links.conf exists because Debian policy for right or wrong forbids

Bug#489759: udev: Please improve the confusing comments in links.conf

2008-07-07 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Package: udev Version: 0.124-1 Severity: minor Hi, I feel like the comments voicing your disgust raise more questions than they answer: # This file does not exist. Please do not ask the Debian maintainer about it. # If you need manually created devices, create them in /lib/udev/devices/ .