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Subject: Re: MAKEDEV(8)?
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On 11/13/2010 09:57, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:42:50PM +0000, Alexander Best wrote:
>> hi there,
>>
>> any reason for still having MAKEDEV(8) in recent releases?
>
>      >  man 8 makedev
>      No entry for makedev in section 8 of the manual
>
> I have a MAKEDEV(3) though.

Different animal altogether. :)

I'm currently testing a patch to remove all references to MAKEDEV, I'll 
commit when the world is built.


Doug

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