On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Werner Koch wrote: > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> The only way forward I can see from here is to refer the issue to the >> Technical Committee. If nobody objects or wants to do it themselves >> I'll write up a summary when I have some free time. > > I still do not understand the problem. Do you say that in an early boot > phase /dev/random is not yet mknod-ed or mounted? If that is the case, > how at all does the boot process work without /dev/null - that it is > universally used before exec. I don't understand where the difference > is.
There is a file in the udev package, /etc/udev/links.conf, which is parsed by make_extra_nodes() in /etc/init.d/udev to create a minimal /dev for udev to bootstrap itself on. /etc/udev/links.conf contains a line: M null c 1 3 which creates /dev/null, but does not contain a line to create /dev/random. It also contains the comment: # This file does not exist. Please do not ask the debian maintainer about it. -- # TRS-80 trs80(a)ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au #/ "Otherwise Bub here will do \ # UCC Wheel Member http://trs80.ucc.asn.au/ #| what squirrels do best | [ "There's nobody getting rich writing ]| -- Collect and hide your | [ software that I know of" -- Bill Gates, 1980 ]\ nuts." -- Acid Reflux #231 / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
