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| author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-01-25 22:11:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-01-25 22:11:46 +0000 |
| commit | 5c8d96581438b6d5b7ebd911e93daf2bbf7fab60 (patch) | |
| tree | 372b64dea9af3c395ebcdbde229fe2a0cf0041d9 | |
| parent | d962702a7c316b338f9497598e1401fed71b28b3 (diff) | |
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
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/glibc.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 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</userinput></screen> location of the <filename>pt_chown</filename> program from its default of <filename class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename> to <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>. The use of -<emphasis>libexec</emphasis> is considered not FHS compliant because the FHS -doesn't even mention it.</para></listitem> +<emphasis>libexec</emphasis> is considered not to be FHS-compliant because the +FHS doesn't even mention it.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><userinput>--with-headers=/usr/include</userinput>: This ensures that the kernel headers in <filename>/usr/include</filename> 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 <userinput>mknod</userinput> program. Please refer to its man and info pages if you need more information.</para> +<para>If you wish your system to be FHS-compliant, then the +<filename>MAKEDEV</filename> script has to remain present in the +<filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory. This way it is always +available for making extra device nodes.</para> + <para>Additionally, if you were unable to mount the devpts filesystem earlier in <xref linkend="ch06-proc"/>, now is the time to try the alternatives. If your kernel supports the devfs file system, run the following command to mount |