On 2018-10-29 17:25, Holger Levsen wrote: >> + [ Mathieu Parent ] >> + * piuparts.py: Use mknod instead of touch to create missing /dev/ptmx >> + mountpoint, working around findutils bug #912180 (Closes: #911334) > > does that mean, that once #912180 has been fixed, we can and should > revert a99ecade (=your commit) ?
Since the bug is probably present in all old findutils versions (including archived releases) and therefore not getting fixed *everywhere*, the commit should stay around forever. There is not much difference between touch and mknod for creating a mountpoint in /dev, and using mknod does not sound like a wrong idea ... Andreas
