On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 11:40:10 -0700 (+0000), Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 18-Jul-2000 Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > Debian policy says: > > 4.6. Device files > > ----------------- > > No package may include device files in the package file tree. > > > > If a package needs any special device files that are not included in the > > base system, it has to call `makedev' in the `postinst' script, after asking > > the user for permission to do so. > > things like this is what debconf is designed to help with. It handles the "I > already asked logic" plus it can be told the answer ahead of time.
Good point, but it's still a question. In fact adding debconf support raises the interesting question - what severity should the question be - critical? The package I'm maintaining (tpctl) adds /dev/thinkpad (root.root 0660) and so "low" would seem more appropriate - in fact not asking at all seems appropriate to me :-) Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers Debian GNU/Linux -*- because I'm allergic to Prozac -*- www.debian.org
