Subject: Re: dev_t changes & partitions
To: Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/16/1998 12:05:41
On 16 Jan 1998 09:03:24 -0800
Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com> wrote:
> mycroft@MIT.EDU (Charles M. Hannum) writes:
> > It's even what happens by *default* when I upgrade -- because /etc and
> > /dev/MAKEDEV are not automatically changed.
>
> This is a very good question.
>
> Why isn't MAKEDEV updated by an "make build"? I can see why
> MAKEDEV.local wouldn't be, but MAKEDEV???
It really should be... the way "make install" deals w/ the etc source
directory is somewhat broken, IMO.
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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