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



>>>>> "Arthur" == Arthur Korn <arthur@korn.ch> writes:

    Arthur> MAKEDEV does check for /dev/.devfsd, so as long as people
    Arthur> use MAKEDEV they don't have to bother.

but packages still will print messages when creating devices. Packages
should either:

a) not print any messages when creating devices or

b) only print messages if ! devfs.

Otherwise, seeing messages that devices are being created on a devfs
system can only cause confusion.
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>



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