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Date:      Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:59:13 +0000
From:      Mike Bristow <mike@urgle.com>
To:        Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: JDK 1.4 build problem under 5.3 release
Message-ID:  <1100883553.59149.40.camel@singsing.eng.demon.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0411191850480.13400-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0411191850480.13400-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com>

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On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 18:53 +0200, Achilleus Mantzios wrote:

> > As far as I know, devfs is a smarter replacement for the old /dev
> > directory.
> 
> Sure...... but on /var/named????? DNS?? NAME SERVER??

Yes.

in 5.3, named chroots to /var/named; the init script for it mounts a
devfs under /var/named/dev (with devfs rules to restrict the devices
that appear) so that named gets a /dev/random and /dev/null.


-- 
Mike Bristow - http://www.urgle.com/~mike/ - mike@urgle.com
What is at sea in a dustbin?
A mushroom



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