Bug#968359: linux-image-5.7.0-2-amd64: '/dev/fd' is not created automatically
hi,
On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 04:09:09PM +0200, Boris Jakubith wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 5.7.10-1
> Severity: important
>
> The symbolic link '/dev/fd' (which is essential for packages like 'dkms') is
> no longer created at system startup. I'm currently using a small workaround
> for this problem by manually creating this symbolic link with
>
> ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
>
> in an init script (i'm using the sysv init, not systemd).
>
> But this should not be the intended solution, as '/dev/fd' should be created
> during the kernel startup, together with (most of) the other devices.
>
> I marked this bug as 'important', because it cost me half a day to find it,
> after an upgrade of 'virtualbox-dkms' failed. Normal people propbaly may not
> have been able to identify it.
This is probably the same as #968199?
Regards,
Salvatore
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