From http://bugs.debian.org/149309

From: Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>
To: -email is unavailable-
Subject: generic target in MAKEDEV
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 12:20:25 +0200

Package: hurd
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hello!

while porting I found some packages that assume MAKEDEV will
have a 'generic' target. I made up one basing on the description
from the GNU/Linux MAKEDEV manpage:

       generic
              Create  a  generic  subset of devices.  This is the
              standard devices, plus floppy drives, various  hard
              drives,  pseudo-terminals,  console  devices, basic
              serial devices, busmice, and printer ports.

(leaving mouse and printer)

See patch

cheers,

--
Robert Millan


From: Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>
To: -email is unavailable-
Subject: generic target in MAKEDEV
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 00:11:41 +0200

Hello!

I sent this patch for MAKEDEV a while ago. Please could
you take it a look? this is debian bug #149309

thanks

--
Robert Millan


From: Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
To: Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>, -email is unavailable-
Subject: Re: Bug #149309: generic target in MAKEDEV
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:07:56 +0200

On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 12:11:41AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:

> I sent this patch for MAKEDEV a while ago. Please could
> you take it a look? this is debian bug #149309

Looking at that pathc, I notice you left out SCSI devices.  Was that
intentional?

The name sucks.  std sucks already, to have std and generic is hopeless
beyond any reason :)  But if it is just for compatibility, then that's not
so bad.  Just tell me, what packages did you work on that a generic target
exists?

Thanks,
Marcus