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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Install bug for big minor numbers
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>> `MAKEDEV all' wouldn't fix the scsicntl devices because they aren't in
>> the `all' list.

>AhHA!  So they're being extracted from the bindist after all.

No, I was wrong about the scsicntl devices - they are in the `all list.

>Foo.  I see no easy way of fixing this, other than adding more
>targets to the MAKEDEV..  Suggestions?

`cpio -H newc'.

When I change tar, cpio and pax to skip the device that can't be handled,
you'll only have the problem that direct extraction won't give all the
devices.

Bruce