Re: calling MAKEDEV from postinst
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>> Does dpkg et al. have something similar, and if not, would it be
>> considered something useful? I can try to get/provide details if
>> it would be helpful.
>
>No we don't, and I consider it bloat in the package manager.
I havent decided wether I like the idea or not.. Have to wait
and see I guess.
>We can already have devices inside a package iirc, and creating
>them in the postinst is a better approach.
If they are owned by a package, it does seem like a good approach
I guess. I'll have to see why this isn't considered currently.
Thanks,
TTYL
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