Re: Bad Makedevness
On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 03:51:11PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> The new makedev package is erasing people's /dev/ directories. Apparently
> the maintainer script has a bug that causes /dev/ to become a file which
> makes dpkg erase /dev/ and replace it with a file.. Bugs all round.
>
> Since this is rather serious, I have erased makedev from potato/bianry-all
> - a copy of the .deb is in my home dir. I have also purged it from the
> primary mirrors. Daniel Jacobowitz has NMU'd it just now as well.
>
> Jason
> Debian Admin
>
>
Well, which version of makedev does this affect? I have 2.3.1-26
installed, and am not experiencing problems.
Mike
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