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port-vax/45452: -current miniroot.fs lacks /dev/ra[0-9]* special files



>Number:         45452
>Category:       port-vax
>Synopsis:       -current miniroot.fs lacks /dev/ra[0-9]* special files
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-vax-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 11 13:45:00 +0000 2011
>Originator:     Nicolas Joly
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.56
>Organization:
Institut Pasteur, Paris.
>Environment:
>Description:
The -current netbsd/vax miniroot.fs lack /dev/ra[0-9]* special files, making
installation impossible ... at least under simh emulator. And there is no
MAKEDEV script, to manually add them.

njoly@lynche [~]> ftp 
http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/201110081430Z/vax/installation/miniroot/miniroot.fs.gz
100% |***********************************|  2577 KiB  270.36 KiB/s    00:00 ETA
2639055 bytes retrieved in 00:09 (270.36 KiB/s)
njoly@lynche [~]> gunzip miniroot.fs.gz 
njoly@lynche [~]> rump_ffs miniroot.fs /mnt
rump_ffs: "miniroot.fs" is a non-resolved or relative path.
rump_ffs: using "/home/njoly/miniroot.fs" instead.
njoly@lynche [~]> ls -l /mnt/dev/ra[0-9]*
zsh: no matches found: /mnt/dev/ra[0-9]*
njoly@lynche [~]> ls -l /mnt/dev/MAKEDEV*
zsh: no matches found: /mnt/dev/MAKEDEV*

No problem with the 5.1 version i checked, it has all the needed files.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install -current netbsd/vax under simh.
>Fix:



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