hi, On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 04:09:09PM +0200, Boris Jakubith wrote: > Package: src:linux > Version: 5.7.10-1 > Severity: important > > The symbolic link '/dev/fd' (which is essential for packages like 'dkms') is > no longer created at system startup. I'm currently using a small workaround > for this problem by manually creating this symbolic link with > > ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd > > in an init script (i'm using the sysv init, not systemd). > > But this should not be the intended solution, as '/dev/fd' should be created > during the kernel startup, together with (most of) the other devices. > > I marked this bug as 'important', because it cost me half a day to find it, > after an upgrade of 'virtualbox-dkms' failed. Normal people propbaly may not > have been able to identify it.
This is probably the same as #968199? Regards, Salvatore
