Re: Bug#62699: cdparanoia should check/create the /dev/sg* devices that it requires.
On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 10:41:02AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
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> It's not a new idea, and it exists in various forms on other unices--
> there's no alternative for modern storage technologies. I'm not sure
> why you would call it un-unix.
*shrug* it's been a while sense, I used a non-linux based unix, /dev/*
was pretty static when I last played with other unices.
I am not going to argue it's (devfs) merits, somthing does need to be done.
What we need to discus is when.
>
> [snip]
> > It's pretty groovy concept, just a departure, from old school Unix, and
> > will break lots and lots of things.
>
> Such as?
anything that touches /dev/, X for a start, lots of other things.
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> --
> Mike Stone
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