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Date:      Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:46:15 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Brian Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc MAKEDEV 
Message-ID:  <200007300746.JAA07354@grimreaper.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: <200007300315.UAA88461@freefall.freebsd.org> ; from Brian Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>  "Sat, 29 Jul 2000 20:15:12 MST."
References:  <200007300315.UAA88461@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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> green       2000/07/29 20:15:12 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     etc                  MAKEDEV 
>   Log:
>   Since the driver supports both (and may have different semantics for
>   both soon...), create urandom instead of the link to random.  It's
>   also what makes sense according to the make_dev(9)'s in random(4).

OI!! This is the permanent way! The device supporting /dev/urandom
was put there as a stopgap to stop folks huring themselves until they
got this link in place.

Please back this out! And please ask me before making this kind of
change.

M
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