Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 03:46:35 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: ache@astral.msk.su, bde@zeta.org.au, dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU Cc: CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-etc@freefall.cdrom.com, davidg@Root.COM Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/etc.i386 MAKEDEV Message-ID: <199412071646.DAA05221@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>>In 2.0R the link is created when pc0 is created and pc0 is created for >>`sh MAKEDEV all'. I think creating the link to support old versions >>of X is harmless, at least for new versions of X. >Please, NO LINKS in /dev! dev_mkdb+reverse_name_lookup can produce >very strange results, moreover X works well without any /dev/vga. >Creating /dev/vga should be removed as I did before. It is a symlink so dev_mkdb ignores it, so it won't be reverse-looked-up unless it is actually opened. Old software that opens it will continue to work with no more problems than before. Bruce
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