Depreciated is probably the wrong word, i beleive he just means that it supports both ways of doing things. I know devfs can be backward compatable, but having 400 or so symlinks in /dev ruins the idea of having a nice clean /dev to work with. On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 12:01:46AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > Not until: > > 1) kernel 2.4 is part of the distribution > 2) devfs is anything other than an "experimental" feature in the kernel > > The old names aren't going to be "depreciated" any time soon, do you think? > I'd love to see how a package would have a dependency on 2.4 when there > isn't any 2.4 in woody/sid... and if there's no kernel for it to depend on, > what names do you expect it to use? ^_^ > > ----- > Marc Wilson Erik Bernhardson journey@jps.net -- It is better to remain silent and be considered a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Abraham Lincoln
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