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Date:      Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:09:30 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More problems with new slice code 
Message-ID:  <199803150409.UAA09297@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Mar 1998 17:27:56 PST." <199803150128.RAA06992@myrtle1.bogs.org> 

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> Actually, I've always wondered by MAKEDEV sits in /dev--of course,
> there is now a considerable tradition for it, but doesn't it make
> more sense to split it into a standard utility, "makedev", which
> lives in /sbin, plus a standard-but-modifiable database which lives
> in /etc called "devtab" and "devtab.local" or whatever?

Makedev will (god willing) not be a standard part of the system in 3.0; 
device nodes will appear and disappear by magic.

(I am, incidentally, not kidding.)

-- 
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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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