[russell@coker.com.au: Re: Adding device file to /dev.]

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

Discussing the question of making device files in a postinst, and how
to go about doing so.

I'd really like it if someone could draft a proposal which says how it
ought to be done (Russell?).

Thanks,

   Julian

----- Forwarded message from Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> -----

Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 11:25:41 +0200
From: Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>
Subject: Re: Adding device file to /dev.
To: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
Cc: Richard Atterer <deb-mentors@list.atterer.net>,
        debian-mentors@lists.debian.org, Viral <viral@debian.org>

On Monday 04 June 2001 00:59, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 02:37:19PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> > Also make the package check for the presence of the character device
> > /dev/.devfsd first, if that device exists then your script must not
> > attempt to create the device node and it should be left for the kernel to
> > do it!  If you create a node under /dev when devfs is running it may
> > result in an attempt to load the module, also the node will disappear on
> > reboot!
> >
> > Another thing any package that depends on the creation of nodes under
> > /dev MUST depend on "makedev | devfsd".  People who run devfsd do not
> > need to have makedev installed.
>
> Should this stuff go into policy?

I think so.

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