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Date:      Thu, 8 Dec 1994 03:46:35 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        ache@astral.msk.su, bde@zeta.org.au, dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU
Cc:        CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-etc@freefall.cdrom.com, davidg@Root.COM
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/etc.i386 MAKEDEV
Message-ID:  <199412071646.DAA05221@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>>In 2.0R the link is created when pc0 is created and pc0 is created for
>>`sh MAKEDEV all'.  I think creating the link to support old versions
>>of X is harmless, at least for new versions of X.

>Please, NO LINKS in /dev! dev_mkdb+reverse_name_lookup can produce
>very strange results, moreover X works well without any /dev/vga.
>Creating /dev/vga should be removed as I did before.

It is a symlink so dev_mkdb ignores it, so it won't be reverse-looked-up
unless it is actually opened.  Old software that opens it will continue
to work with no more problems than before.

Bruce


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