It's not a bad option, but please document in some place that devfs=nomount is no longer valid in those packages, just to prevent dozen of emails asking why it doesn't work anymore.
Regards. On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 01:55, Sam Johnston wrote: Diego et al, Eliminating them altogether sounds like the best option to me. That in mind I'll get about updating my package(s) as I've a status report expected of me within two hours. Sam -- Sam Johnston, Director Australian Online Solutions http://www.aos.net.au/ On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 01:49:14AM -0300, Diego Torres Milano wrote: > The device files can be created by post install (showing that this > restriction is useless because can be circumvented this way loosing > package control of these files) a script (as PXES Gentoo package does) > or can be eliminated. > As a matter of fact they are there just for the case where devfs=nomount > is specified in the kernel command line (something very unusual and only > intending for debugging mode). > > Please, keep me informed. > > Regards. > > On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 00:04, Sam Johnston wrote: > > Afternoon Ghe, > > I was about to post to debian-devel about my pxes packages (which have > not made it into Debian yet because they include device files which > violates policy). I was going to reference ITPs I should have filed > months ago and found that you have filed 3 ITPs yourself about 6 weeks > ago. I have an immediate need for a maintainable PXES installation on > Debian servers and have been busying myself updating my 0.6-4 packages > to 0.7-1. How are your packages progressing? How do you intend to > resolve the policy violation? Have you discovered any other problems > which need attention? > > Sam > > -- > Sam Johnston, Director > Australian Online Solutions > > http://www.aos.net.au > ______ ________ > / / \/ /___ ) I N T E G R A C I O N > / / /___ / I N F O R M A T I C A > /__/__/\___/_____' > Diego Torres Milano Maipu 42 Office 164 - (C1084ABB) Buenos Aires > Argentina > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +5411 4331-2233 Fax +5411 4331-3377 > www.in3.com.ar -- ______ ________ / / \/ /___ ) I N T E G R A C I O N / / /___ / I N F O R M A T I C A /__/__/\___/_____' Diego Torres Milano Maipu 42 Office 164 (1084) BA Argentina [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +5411 4331-2233 www.in3.com.ar