On 23-Apr-2001 Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently packaging the Mac-on-Linux emulator mol. For network > access, mol needs a device file called sheep_net, which I would like > to create during postinst. However, this device is unknown to > MAKEDEV, while Debian policy is quite clear about device files: > > If a package needs any special device files that are not included > in the base system, it must call MAKEDEV in the postinst script, > after asking the user for permission to do so. > > Could some kind soul help me to solve this dilemma? >
running mknod in its place is acceptable when you have no other choice.
