[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release makedev-4.4-14.mga3

Tue Jan 29 13:30:48 CET 2013

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+> 'Twas brillig, and Pascal Terjan at 29/01/13 11:51 did gyre and gimble:
+>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Pascal Terjan <pterjan at gmail.com> wrote:
+>>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:19 PM, tv <buildsystem-daemon at mageia.org> wrote:
+>>>> Name        : makedev                      Relocations: (not relocatable)
+>>>> Version     : 4.4                               Vendor: Mageia.Org
+>>>> Release     : 14.mga3                       Build Date: Sun Jan 13 21:06:51 2013
+>>>> Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host: ecosse.mageia.org
+>>>> Group       : System/Kernel and hardware    Source RPM: (none)
+>>>> Size        : 58419                            License: GPLv2+
+>>>> Signature   : (none)
+>>>> Packager    : tv <tv>
+>>>> URL         : http://cvs.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/soft/makedev/
+>>>> Summary     : A program used for creating the device files in /dev
+>>>> Description :
+>>>> This package contains the makedev program, which makes it easier to create
+>>>> and maintain the files in the /dev directory.  /dev directory files
+>>>> correspond to a particular device supported by Linux (serial or printer
+>>>> ports, scanners, sound cards, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, hard drives,
+>>>> etc.) and interface with the drivers in the kernel.
+>>>>
+>>>> The makedev package is a basic part of your Mageia system and it needs
+>>>> to be installed.
+>>>>
+>>>> tv <tv> 4.4-14.mga3:
+>>>> + Revision: 378420
+>>>> - fix upgrading (not "corrupting" devtmpfs)
+>>>> - devfs is dead for nearly a decade
+>>>
+>>> This package causes /usr/lib/root-mirror being in mounted in chroots
+>>> on the build system (and not being umounted) during clean chroot
+>>> creation
+>>>
+>>> sucuk had 65 mounted, oldest one being
+>>> /home/iurt/chroot_tmp/iurt/chroot_cauldron.i586.0.20130113202409/usr/lib/root-mirror
+>>> just after this package was uploaded
+>>
+>> Can someone have a look?
+>>
+>> [root at jonund ~]# mount | wc -l
+>> 277
+>>
+>> This is annoying to cleanup on the build machines... (and at home when
+>> running iurt)
+>
+> Do we really need makedev these days?
+
+That's a good question :)
+iurt needs it because I still haven't fixed it to mount /dev but as a
+general thing I don't think so.
+