On Fri, Oct 30 2009, Gerrit Pape wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 03:52:52PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Justification: The package contains a special file (e.g., a device file).
>> This is forbidden by current policy. If your program needs
>> this
>> device, you should create it by calling makedev from the
>> postinst
>> script.
>>
>> prw-r--r-- root/root 0 2008-05-25 11:32 ./var/spool/cron/trigger
>>
>>
>> Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 10.6 (Device files) for details.
>
> I don't think MAKEDEV applies here, it's a named pipe used for IPC.
> Would it be okay if I create the fifo through postinst or on daemon
> startup?
You could use mkfifo in the postinst, I think.
manoj
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