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Date:      Wed, 7 Jun 1995 23:16:04 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@freefall.cdrom.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu, taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Subject:   Re: Install bug for big minor numbers
Message-ID:  <199506071316.XAA18692@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> `MAKEDEV all' wouldn't fix the scsicntl devices because they aren't in
>> the `all' list.

>AhHA!  So they're being extracted from the bindist after all.

No, I was wrong about the scsicntl devices - they are in the `all list.

>Foo.  I see no easy way of fixing this, other than adding more
>targets to the MAKEDEV..  Suggestions?

`cpio -H newc'.

When I change tar, cpio and pax to skip the device that can't be handled,
you'll only have the problem that direct extraction won't give all the
devices.

Bruce



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