Bug#387995: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bug#387995: MAKEDEV: wrong location in postinst]
Marco d'Itri wrote: On Sep 18, Chris Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First I changed the dependency makedev to makedev|udev in v1.28. This resulted in Bug#387943, for which the explanation was use /dev/MAKEDEV rather than /sbin/MAKEDEV, which I implemented in v1.29. Now, in Bug#387995, I'm told the opposite. Would someone please clarify for me what I'm supposed to do? Otherwise I'm going to revert to the original behavior. I am the udev maintainer, so I think I know. :-) /dev/MAKEDEV will always exist, but /sbin/MAKEDEV will exist only if makedev is installed. I have both packages (udev/makedev) installed, but only /sbin/MAKEDEV exists. That's why I filed this bug report. I don't have /dev/MAKEDEV Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#387995: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bug#387995: MAKEDEV: wrong location in postinst]
On Sep 18, Michael Biebl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have both packages (udev/makedev) installed, but only /sbin/MAKEDEV exists. That's why I filed this bug report. I don't have /dev/MAKEDEV It may be related to #370540 (which will be fixed in two days) but I do not understand why, on my system /dev/MAKEDEV is created anyway by /etc/init.d/makedev. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#387995: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bug#387995: MAKEDEV: wrong location in postinst]
Marco d'Itri wrote: On Sep 18, Michael Biebl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have both packages (udev/makedev) installed, but only /sbin/MAKEDEV exists. That's why I filed this bug report. I don't have /dev/MAKEDEV It may be related to #370540 (which will be fixed in two days) but I do not understand why, on my system /dev/MAKEDEV is created anyway by /etc/init.d/makedev. Interesting. I just checked /etc/rc2.d/ and did not have a symlink to /etc/init.d/makedev there. dpkg-reconfigure makedev fixed that. Still I don't know why this symlink was not there before. I did not remove it afaicr myself. I'm fine if this bug is closed now as it seems to have been a problem on my side (though I can't explain the absence of the /etc/rc2.d/S20makedev symlink). Just out of curiosity: How can udev satisfy the dependency of powermgmt-base (Depends: makedev | udev) if udev does not ship a MAKEDEV script. Does udev create one on the fly if makedev is not installed? Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#387995: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bug#387995: MAKEDEV: wrong location in postinst]
Michael Biebl wrote: Interesting. I just checked /etc/rc2.d/ and did not have a symlink to /etc/init.d/makedev there. dpkg-reconfigure makedev fixed that. Still I don't know why this symlink was not there before. I did not remove it afaicr myself. This might be a problem caused by the recent bug in sysvinit. See /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/NEWS.Debian.gz for details if you don't know about it already. I'm fine if this bug is closed now as it seems to have been a problem on my side (though I can't explain the absence of the /etc/rc2.d/S20makedev symlink). OK, I'll close the bug. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
