Debian bug report logs - #903 /dev miscellaney Package: (base) ; Reported by: Bill Mitchell ; 161 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug reassigned from package `base' to `(base)'. Request was from imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Thu May 25 04:19:47 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sEax9-0007lxC; Thu, 25 May 95 04:19 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA13146 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 25 May 1995 04:18:20 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sEaoZ-000BzuC; Thu, 25 May 95 12:10 BST Received: by chiark id m0sER6N-0000XRZ (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.31); Thu, 25 May 95 01:48 BST Message-Id: Date: Thu, 25 May 95 01:48 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#903: /dev miscellaney Bill Mitchell writes ("Bug#903: /dev miscellaney"): > Finally, and this is perhaps a don't care item, I note that > MAKEDEV -n {various arguments} complains about not finding > vcs, st, sg, ide0, sd, and sr. Some of these may be alternate > (more standard?) names for /dev files which we do provide. vcs, st, sg and sd should definitely supported. They are the virtual console screendup devices, SCSI tape drives, SCSI generic devices and SCSI disks respectively. I don't know about ide0. sr is an alternative name for scd, the SCSI CD-ROM devices. The MAKEDEV I have (0.93R5) does appear to work with some of these. However, it has a tendency to print out (if not run as root) messages like: mknod: st0-: Operation not permitted which make me rather suspicious. If I invoke it as root is seems to DTRT. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#903 ; Package base . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Tue May 23 20:23:40 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sE72q-00062FC; Tue, 23 May 95 20:23 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA17945 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 23 May 1995 20:22:09 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.6) with ESMTP id WAA15369 for ; Tue, 23 May 1995 22:23:32 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.6) with SMTP id WAA12267 for ; Tue, 23 May 1995 22:23:31 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA12944; Tue, 23 May 95 20:23:30 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA02718; Tue, 23 May 95 20:23:28 PDT Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 20:23:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Mitchell X-Sender: mitchell@bb29c To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: /dev miscellaney Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII PACKAGE: base VERSION: 0.93R5 I was browsing around today and came across the vcs(4) man page. That told me that /dev/vcs{0-8} and /dev/vcsa{0-8) are missing. Also, I note that they're not supported by the /dev/MAKEDEV script. Finally, and this is perhaps a don't care item, I note that MAKEDEV -n {various arguments} complains about not finding vcs, st, sg, ide0, sd, and sr. Some of these may be alternate (more standard?) names for /dev files which we do provide. mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Bill Mitchell : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#903 ; Package base . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov