-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, David A. Mann wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > If one is running the dev filesystem is it possible to "upgrade" these > > RPM's without using the installer?? I am under the impression that dev > > gets loaded fairly early on and it becomes a real pain to upgrade these as > > a result. > > I always thought the makedev script was just a huge list of mknod > commands. I could be wrong :) If you're running devfs from 2.4.x, it doesn't need to be "upgraded" by any package, it's maintained automagically by the kernel. If you're running a traditional /dev (ie, a directory full of specials) then it should be entirely safe to upgrade at any point, since it shouldn't do anything other than mknod a few things. I wasn't aware of RH shipping with devfs, that's a rather bold move (and not neccecarly in a good way. I like the ideas behind devfs, but I think I'll be giving it another iteration before using it.. :) ) It's also one I assume is handled by their packages, if it's not then RH should be spanked for kludging it in. - -- "I know of no technological device at this time that would [prevent priracy] and if it did exist, it would only be a matter of days before the [..] manufacturers would have an override piece of equipment on their machine and you would start from ground zero again." -- Jack Valenti, President of the MPAA (1982) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iD8DBQE9Y/WqT21+qRy4P+QRApY+AJ9DOzm0AgR5ErdIBm0HWKOzckuLRACbBCKs ShzpdVbUnbnJI0ycfCrr04k= =Vo9R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
