Bug#46799: marked as done (add makedev to notes on running slink with kernel 2.2.x )
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Subject: add makedev to notes on running slink with kernel 2.2.x
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Version: current
On the page
http://www.us.debian.org/releases/stable/running-kernel-2.2
there is a list of various potentially problematic packages. makedev
should be added to the list, because the kernel pty/ttyp majors
changed in 2.2.x (in fact the change seems to be there in 2.0.36, too,
but with backwards compatibility).
makedev 2.3.1-19, which is on the CD I have, seems to have a bug in
it, in that the postinst script creates the devices in / instead of
/dev. It looks like this is fixed in the current stable version
2.3.1-23 (which I just FTPed). Unless one has this fixed version, the
system doesn't run very well with kernel 2.2.12, since the ptys in
/dev have the wrong major.
So the bottom line is: one needs a newer makedev. The current stable
one works, for example. Perhaps there are similar problems for other
packages that made it onto older slink CDs, too, so it might be a good
idea to add the FTP site to /etc/apt/sources.list and do an `apt-get
update; apt-get upgrade' before trying the 2.2.x kernels. This doesn't
help people without Internet access, though.
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Subject: add makedev to notes on running slink with kernel 2.2.x
From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 20:12:41 -0500
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Ok, I mentioned you should be running a fully up-to-date slink.
I believe this bug has been addressed, therefore.
Note that it may take a few days for the web pages to propogate out
into the mirror system.
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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