Re: IMPORTANT: What can we do about the base package?
> > Or, maybe... Build a base package that _does_ include all the /dev files,
> > but upon removal it archives all those files during "prerm" and puts them
> > all back again during "postrm".
>
> All the devices will be missing while you do this.
Yes, which is why the next paragraph in the message you quoted said:
> > My question is... Can you write to a file system if its underlying
> > device has been deleted?
To which Joey Hess responded...
> Yes, you can. I just checked.
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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