Hi .. thnx for your answer ..
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:07:07AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
>> I'm maintaining pbbuttonsd for PPC-Notebooks.
>> I'm preparing the new upstream version and I stuck at this point, that
>> the pbbuttonsd wants to have a link /dev/cdrom.
>Can the software not function without /dev/cdrom? Unless I'm mistaken,
>this software has plenty of uses even if there's no cdrom installed in
>the machine.
The softwares behavior on missing devices is cruel ;(
If the /dev/cdrom does not exists, it will stop starting ...
To solve this, I see two ways, set the link /dev/cdrom or put the right
device into the the configfile ..
>The best way to make sure the /dev/cdrom link is present is to check for
>it, use debconf to prompt the user if it's absent, and then create the
>link (possibly with some /proc autodetection) if the user agrees to let
>you create the link.
yes .... I think this, too ... thnx
Jan
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