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. -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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