At 20010608.18:59:04, Brian May wrote Brian> >>>>> "Arthur" == Arthur Korn <arthur@korn.ch> writes: Brian> Brian> Arthur> MAKEDEV does check for /dev/.devfsd, so as long as people Brian> Arthur> use MAKEDEV they don't have to bother. Brian> Brian> but packages still will print messages when creating devices. Packages Brian> should either: Brian> Brian> a) not print any messages when creating devices or Brian> Brian> b) only print messages if ! devfs. Brian> Brian> Otherwise, seeing messages that devices are being created on a devfs Brian> system can only cause confusion. Should MAKDEV be able to create new symlinks (that is, modify /etc/devfs/symlinks), and by doing so, still be able to notify the user? -- http://www.pcug.org.au/~edlang/
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