devfs

Arkadiusz Miskiewicz misiek at pld.ORG.PL
Wed Jul 18 01:15:57 CEST 2001


wrobell <wrobell at posexperts.com.pl> writes:

> On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 03:43:18PM +0200, wrobell wrote:
> > We have dependency on dev package in basesystem.
> > What about adding "Provides: dev" clause to devfsd, so
> > devfs based systems will be happy while upgrading?
> > 
> > Any better solutions?
> 
> I have another idea. Create fake package called devfs
> (not devfsd). It could provide dev capability.
> 
> And it cannot be kernel 2.4 because some people (me)
>                                 o
> don't use distribution egg.    =:-)
>                                 o
> What about that?
For me it's even ok. And kernels 2.4 should require that package by
default?

>     wrobell <wrobell at posexperts.com.pl>

ps. dev-devfs name will be better IMHO.
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