Re: Why no package seems to take care of the new /dev/console device?

[Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows@brown.edu>]

  I have no idea what should be done, but if it's decided that replacing the
console device is correct..

On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 05:53:30PM +0200, Shaul Karl was heard to say:
> 2) Decide what current users (slink users) should do. Is it simply a matter of 
> rm slink /dev/console and MAKEDEV the new /dev/console and that is all? What 
> will be the consequences of doing these rm and MAKEDEDV on a running system?

  I'd assume that the only problem is that programs might try to open
/dev/console in the brief timespan that it's gone..would it be sufficient to
just MAKEDEV the new console in another directory on the same filesystem, then
mv it to /dev/console?  (mv should use rename, which is atomic)

  Daniel

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