Bug#158916: dpkg makes device nodes as regular files

[Michael Smith <msmith@cbnco.com>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.9.21

We're using dpkg to build packages and flash images for an embedded system
we're developing. The call to mknod() in main/archives.c passes "0" as the
file mode, so device nodes come out as regular files. The patch below
seems to fix it:

--- main/archives.c.orig	Tue Mar 12 00:36:45 2002
+++ main/archives.c	Fri Aug 30 16:06:34 2002
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
     newtarobject_allmodes(fnamenewvb.buf,ti, nifd->namenode->statoverride);
     break;
   case CharacterDevice: case BlockDevice:
-    if (mknod(fnamenewvb.buf,0,ti->Device))
+    if (mknod(fnamenewvb.buf,ti->Mode,ti->Device))
       ohshite(_("error creating device `%.255s'"),ti->Name);
     debug(dbg_eachfiledetail,"tarobject CharacterDevice|BlockDevice");
     newtarobject_allmodes(fnamenewvb.buf,ti, nifd->namenode->statoverride);

Thanks,
Mike

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Michael Smith
Toaster Op, CBN Co. Ltd.
http://www.cbnco.com/
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