Tags 374477 + pending
thanks
I've prepared the package for the patch that Martin provided and I'm going
to upload it as an NMU.
I'm providing the full diff for the NMU, which is basically the same patch
Martin provided plus the changelog entry.
--
Love,
Marga
diff -u lilo-22.6.1/debian/changelog lilo-22.6.1/debian/changelog
--- lilo-22.6.1/debian/changelog
+++ lilo-22.6.1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+lilo (1:22.6.1-7.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Non-Maintainer Upload to fix a policy violation due to the use of mknod
+ instead of MAKEDEV. Thanks to Martin Ferrari for the patch.
+ (Closes: #374477)
+
+ -- Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:12:34 -0300
+
lilo (1:22.6.1-7) unstable; urgency=low
* Maintenance upload.
diff -u lilo-22.6.1/debian/lilo.postinst lilo-22.6.1/debian/lilo.postinst
--- lilo-22.6.1/debian/lilo.postinst
+++ lilo-22.6.1/debian/lilo.postinst
@@ -52,13 +52,7 @@
# Create the missing devices
echo -n "Creating network block devices... "
pushd /dev > /dev/null
- i=0
- while [ $i != 128 ]; do
- if [ ! -b nbd$i ]; then
- /bin/mknod nbd$i b 43 $i
- fi
- i=$(($i+1))
- done
+ ./MAKEDEV nb
popd > /dev/null
echo "done."
fi
