Re: Bad Makedevness
On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 07:19:25PM -0500, Michael Merten wrote:
> 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.
2.3.1-27 is the evil one.
2.3.1-27.2 is the fixed version that should be in the archive soon.
William Cordis
--
Student for Life. =-)
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