Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 06:30:23 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc MAKEDEV Message-ID: <20011205062532.Y8865-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200112040048.fB40mMj86978@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > des 2001/12/03 16:48:22 PST > > Modified files: > etc MAKEDEV > Log: > Call the ATAPI tape devices "ast" and "nast", not "rast" and "nrast". Add > backward compatibility symlinks for good measure. > DEVFS already gets this right (except for the symlinks). DEVFS already gets this right by not creating any links. I removed all the "r" devices (from /dev, not MAKEDEV) a year or two ago and haven't had any problems. The links, if any, should be hard links anyway, the same as for all other "r" devices. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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