On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:55:28PM +1100, Luke Mewburn wrote:
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> Does running the script through 'sh -x' provide any insight?

./MAKEDEV -f all

..

+ MKNOD=mknod -F netbsd

..

+ mknod -F netbsd -m 600 -g #0 -u #0 console c 0 0
mknod: console: File exists
+ mkdev constty c 0 1 600
+ false
+ mknod -F netbsd -m 600 -g #0 -u #0 constty c 0 1
mknod: constty: File exists
+ mkdev drum c 4 0 640 2
+ false
+ mknod -F netbsd -m 640 -g #2 -u #0 drum c 4 0
mknod: drum: File exists
+ mkdev kmem c 2 1 640 2
+ false

> Can you provide the command line that's failing?

The old MAKEDEV has an rm -f which removes the node first:

mkdev() {
        rm -f $1
        mknod $1 $2 $3 $4
        test -n "$5" && chmod $5 $1
        test -n "$6" && chgrp $6 $1
}

The new mkdev() doesn't have that.

Bernd