Hello!

> I just upgrade from mc-4.5.55 to mc-4.6.0 and found a
> "feature" that I don't like: I canot read anymore the
> dev files i.e. /dev/hda. The message that comes back to
> me is: "Not a regular file. Cannot view" or something like
> that. Could somebody tell me what is the story... I've tried
> to find something about this in the mailing list but I dont.

The story is that hex view (F4 in the viewer) would hang mc on block
devices, so it was decided to disable support for all non-regular files.

If you want to view and edit data on block devices, please find an
appropriate tool for that job.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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