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and subject line Bug#393576: lwatch: mknod in maintainer script
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Package: lwatch
Version: 0.4.1-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 10.6
Maintainer scripts should not create device files directly. They should
call makedev instead. Refer to Policy Manual, section 10.6 for details.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
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On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:23:06PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Maintainer scripts should not create device files directly. They should
> call makedev instead. Refer to Policy Manual, section 10.6 for details.
Using mknod does not imply creating a device file. If you could propose
any other method to create a fifo file I'd be happy to implement it
in maintainer script to avoid false alarms in the feature.
Best regards
Artur
--
- You can take my soul but not my lack of enthusiasm.
/Wally, "Dilbert" 2004.11.23/
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