severity 410294 normal
tags 410294 pending
thanks

> kqemu creates a device file in its postinst script using mknod. This
> violates Debian Policy 10.6.

no. it is only a policy violation *iff* MAKEDEV knows about the device.
it is already requested for inclusion, see #407345.

> Additionally, it breaks usage of kqemu because
> it creates the node with the wrong device numbers (kqemu is configured to
> dynamically assign device numbers).

the number is not wrong and does work here, what makes it failing for you?

> If at all, it should use MAKEDEV to
> create the device node which spares udev system of such breakage.

again, MAKEDEV does not (yet) know about it.

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