Bug#609736: please readd MAKEDEV calls to init.d.functions

[Rolf Leggewie]

Hallo Sven, On 12.01.2011 08:50, Sven Hartge wrote: In upload 1:3.9.20060704+dfsg.2-8 you removed the MAKEDEV call from init.d.functions but this causes isdnlog and vboxgetty to fail for me, complaining about missing /dev/isdnctrl0 and /dev/ttyI1. The calls were obviously removed on purpose, I'm sure you were aware of that.  We as isdnutils maintainers feel that it's the kernel's job and specifically the drivers' jobs to create the device nodes.  Please report a new ticket against the isdn4linux part of the kernel.  It would be cool if you let me know the ticket number so that I can follow it. I will leave this ticket open to document the necessary steps the users have to take.  Depending on the kernel team's reaction I may also consider other options to make sure things are working as expected.  Overall, we feel that this is not really an isdnutils issue, though, but should be dealt with elsewhere. Additionally the following code should IMHO be changed to use "-sf" to not fail if the link already exists: 91 if [ ! -e /dev/isdnctrl ]; then 92 cd /dev && ln -sf isdnctrl0 isdnctrl 93 fi Thank you for this suggestion.  But I don't quite understand the need to force the creation.  That's what the if-part is for, isn't it? Regards Rolf PS: I hope this one goes out as plaintext and not HTML.  TB is getting too smart for its own good lately. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org