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Re: [Fwd: [Cooker] modules.devfsd addition]

To: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Cooker] modules.devfsd addition]
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 17:29:05 -0700
Cc: Borsenkow Andrej <Andrej.Borsenkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, devfs mailing list <devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Russell Coker writes:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:16, Borsenkow Andrej wrote:
> > could the following lines be added to the modules.devfsd?
> > --------------
> > # Irda devices
> > alias     /dev/ircomm           ircomm-tty
> > alias     /dev/ircomm*          /dev/ircomm
> > --------------
> 
> Surely this is an issue for the irda package not the devfsd package?
> I am resisting adding such things for the Debian package, I want the
> maintainers of the packages to do it for two reasons.  Firstly it
> prevents the requirement for an update of devfsd every time these
> packages change.  Secondly there could potentially be a situation
> where two different versions of the package require two different
> configurations for these things.  Having it in the package allows
> the package maintainer to easily resolve such issues.

So what's different about this than all the other entries in
modules.devfs? I don't know details about IrDA, so please explain the
issues.

Is the above config generic or specific to one configuration of IrDA?

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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