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karl@××××××××.se wrote: |
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> Dear package maintainers, |
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> please do not mess with preexisting files in /dev. |
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> I have static /dev and that suit me well for quite a few systems that |
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> has a static environment, especially system that are intended to for |
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> a long time and where I tend to minimize the number of running |
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> processes, every running process is something that can go wrong. |
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> Their /dev/ files are set up for their intended use, and I don't want |
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> surprises there. |
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> When upgrading it isn't easy to see what package that did |
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> something to /dev so it isn't easy to bug the guilty party. |
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> If sys-fs/static-dev is installed, please do not touch /dev, |
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> if you want you can leave suggestions in some file. |
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> Regards, |
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> /Karl Hammar |
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Most package maintainers are on -dev. There is a few on here but this |
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topic may not apply to them. I'd suggest either filing a bug against |
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whatever package is touching /dev or maybe posting on -dev mailing |
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list. Unless you know what package is doing this, it may not get much |
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if any response. Hard to fix something when it is unknown what to fix. |
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Hope that helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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