From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 6 13: 6: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail.inka.de (quechua.inka.de [212.227.14.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AC337B71A for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:06:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daemon@mips.inka.de) Received: from kemoauc.mips.inka.de (uucp@) by mail.inka.de with local-bsmtp id 14aOeh-0004nY-00; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 22:06:03 +0100 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by kemoauc.mips.inka.de (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f26KgQs27819 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 21:42:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from daemon) From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) Subject: Re: tape device names and devfs Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 20:42:26 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <983i3i$r3m$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> References: <982uie$cer$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <200103061641.f26GfJe09146@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Originator: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Kargl wrote: > > > dump.8 and dump(8) both refer explicitly to rsa0 and nrsa0 whereas > > > sa0 and nsa0 are the actual device names in -current. > > > > Then this should be fixed. > > But, what is the correct fix? Add symlink magic to rc.devfs? > Change dump(8)? Yes, dump(8) and restore(8) need to be updated. I'll submit a PR. > MAKEDEV's behavior satisfies POLA by creating the symlinks. If > symlinks aren't created in rc.devfs, then how many (custom) > scripts will this break? I haven't heard any screaming yet. Besides, this is -CURRENT. devfs has also abandoned symlinks for 'r' disk devices. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message