Bernard Li wrote:
> Was trying to build SystemImager trunk as a non-root user, can got the
> following error:
> 
> cd
> /home/bli/rpmbuild/BUILD/systemimager-3.7.2r3474M_bli/initrd_source/buil
> d_dir/dev && mknod -m 660 console c 5 1
> mknod: `console': Operation not permitted
> make: ***
> [/home/bli/rpmbuild/BUILD/systemimager-3.7.2r3474M_bli/initrd_source/bui
> ld_dir.prep] Error 1
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.31264 (%build)
> 
> Would it be possible to tar up the special files (console, null) and
> just copy them over as needed?

tar simply calls mknod()... so the problem is the same...

Cheers,
-Andrea


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