Bug#288129: Initial devices for install are provided by debootstrap, not created with makedev
Package: makedev
Version: 2.3.1-77
Followup-For: Bug #288129
I've just discovered (although I think I vaguely remember seeing it
before) that the initial devices in /dev are not created using makedev,
but are extracted from a tarball included with debootstrap in
/usr/lib/debootstrap/devices.tar.gz.
This tarball contains dev/hd[a-h][1-20] and dev/sd[a-h][1-15].
I guess this means the bugs relating to missing devices during a d-i
installation should be reassigned there, although some consistency
between makedev defaults and that file would probably make sense.
Reply to: