From 5c8d96581438b6d5b7ebd911e93daf2bbf7fab60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gronenwoud Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:11:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Adding note on why MAKEDEV must remain in /dev. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3183 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter06/glibc.xml | 4 ++-- chapter06/makedev.xml | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index 3009a84d2..1a1cce808 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ cd ../glibc-build location of the pt_chown program from its default of /usr/libexec to /usr/lib. The use of -libexec is considered not FHS compliant because the FHS -doesn't even mention it. +libexec is considered not to be FHS-compliant because the +FHS doesn't even mention it. --with-headers=/usr/include: This ensures that the kernel headers in /usr/include are used diff --git a/chapter06/makedev.xml b/chapter06/makedev.xml index 4b273d54e..8a828cec5 100644 --- a/chapter06/makedev.xml +++ b/chapter06/makedev.xml @@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ Alternatively, you may create devices via the mknod program. Please refer to its man and info pages if you need more information. +If you wish your system to be FHS-compliant, then the +MAKEDEV script has to remain present in the +/dev directory. This way it is always +available for making extra device nodes. + Additionally, if you were unable to mount the devpts filesystem earlier in , now is the time to try the alternatives. If your kernel supports the devfs file system, run the following command to mount