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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject: Re: i386/8598: MAKEDEV fails if not run from current directory [patch]
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The following reply was made to PR i386/8598; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: detlev!joelh@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:  Subject: Re: i386/8598: MAKEDEV fails if not run from current directory [patch]
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 17:58:01 +1100

 >MAKEDEV frequently will call itself recursively using 'sh MAKEDEV'.
 >This causes the script to fail if it is called from a different
 >directory than where it resides.  If, for instance, a dev directory
 
 This is mostly a feature.
 
 >The call "MAKEDEV local" causes me concern.  I settled for calling
 >/dev/MAKEDEV.local no matter what directory MAKEDEV was called from.
 
 This breaks running of modified MAKEDEV[.local]'s in directories other
 than /dev.
 
 Bruce

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