Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 03:11:14 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: ntakpe@ti.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cp MAKEDEV /dev - on a system with devfs Message-ID: <200103130311.f2D3BFB10353@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> of "Mon, 12 Mar 2001 17:42:21 %2B0100." <53555.984415341@critter>
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> In message <3AACFB55.64FA7FAB@ti.com>, Jean Louis Ntakpe writes:
> >Hi,
> >
> >In /usr/src/etc/Makefile:
> >
> >"make distribution" is still trying to copy MAKEDEV to /dev
> >on a system with devfs mounted to /dev.
> >Since devfs is default, is this behaviour correct or my
> >/etc/make.conf is missing something ?
>
> I think that MAKEDEV should be moved away from /dev.
>
> Ideally it belongs somewhere rather obscure, but /etc/MAKEDEV
> is ok with me.
/sbin would be better. I thought only sysv kept non-startup
executables in /etc.
> --
> Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
> FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
> Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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