Re: install/49579: postinstall doesn't detect/fix ksyms major device number change

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/49579; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>
To: lloyd%must-have-coffee.gen.nz@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: install/49579: postinstall doesn't detect/fix ksyms major device
 number change
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:42:10 -0600 (CST)

 This looks like you updated to amd64 on a machine previously running
 i386:
 
 $ uname -mr ; ls -laF /dev/ksyms                        
 7.0_BETA i386
 cr--r--r--  1 root  wheel  101, 0 Oct 20  2012 /dev/ksyms
 
 vs.:
 
 $ uname -mr ; ls -laF /dev/ksyms                        
 7.0_BETA amd64
 cr--r--r--  1 root  wheel  85, 0 Apr 29  2014 /dev/ksyms
 
 Your re-running of MAKEDEV has straightened things out, of course.
 
 This would be a useful check to make "Is this amd64 being installed on
 a machine previously running i386?"
 
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