Re: dependencies on makedev

2005-12-30 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 01:39:01PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: To prepare for the eventual removal of makedev, I propose that packages currently depending on it will add an alternative dependency to udev. Also, policy should be amended accordingly. The affected packages are: [...] Hmm, I

dependencies on makedev

2005-12-29 Thread Marco d'Itri
To prepare for the eventual removal of makedev, I propose that packages currently depending on it will add an alternative dependency to udev. Also, policy should be amended accordingly. The affected packages are: alevt camstream cdrecord dvb-utils fbset gnupg gnupg2 irda-utils isdnutils-base

Re: dependencies on makedev

2005-12-29 Thread Adam Heath
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Marco d'Itri wrote: To prepare for the eventual removal of makedev, I propose that packages currently depending on it will add an alternative dependency to udev. Also, policy should be amended accordingly. Er, why is makedev being removed? Please clue me in. -- To

Re: dependencies on makedev

2005-12-29 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 29, Adam Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To prepare for the eventual removal of makedev, I propose that packages Er, why is makedev being removed? Please clue me in. Eventual is the key word here. Because /eventually/ it will not be needed anymore (at least by most users, which then

Re: dependencies on makedev

2005-12-29 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 01:39:01PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: To prepare for the eventual removal of makedev, I propose that packages currently depending on it will add an alternative dependency to udev. Also, policy should be amended accordingly. It might be useful to tell the maintainers of

Re: dependencies on makedev

2005-12-29 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Marco d'Itri wrote: These packages have already been fixed: rng-tools Huh? rng-tools certainly takes benefit of MAKEDEV. It doesn't bork if MAKEDEV has disappeared, though. Is that what you mean? rng-tools postinst does this: (cd /dev ./MAKEDEV hwrandom || ./MAKEDEV

Re: dependencies on makedev

2005-12-29 Thread Adam Heath
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Marco d'Itri wrote: On Dec 29, Adam Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To prepare for the eventual removal of makedev, I propose that packages Er, why is makedev being removed? Please clue me in. Eventual is the key word here. Because /eventually/ it will not be needed