Re: calling MAKEDEV from postinst
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:28:32AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 09:02:07PM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote:
>> It concerns the fact that MAKEDEV is called from the postinst to
>> create the required ISDN devices, without first asking the user for
>> permission.
>>
>> Apparently this is policy, although no one seems to know
>> why it exists (a search of policy archives leads to
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy-0007/msg00138.html which
>> addresses this, but that never got answered).
>
>I'd suggest using debconf to ask the question (with a low priority).
>
>Asking the question benefits the more paranoid user who wants to keep
>an eye on changes to the underlying system interfaces. And, of course,
>there's always the possibility that a user is installing a package to
>examine it, but not to use it.
Perhaps a note would be more appropriate than a question. This may
prove useful to those using devfs who may need to add the device to some
/etc/devfsd config file so that it doesn't evaporate across reboot.
Regards,
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Brendan O'Dea bod@compusol.com.au
Compusol Pty. Limited (NSW, Australia) +61 2 9810 3633
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