1 makedev (2.3.1-80) unstable; urgency=low
3 * make armeb an alias for arm when picking generic target, closes: #333584
4 * change section from base to admin
5 * look for .udev/ in addition to .udevdb/ at Md's request
6 * add target 'fuse', closes: #344728
8 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 31 Jan 2006 06:49:21 +1100
10 makedev (2.3.1-79) unstable; urgency=low
12 * have init script recognize udev as well as devfs, closes: #326083
13 * change 'hd' and 'sd' targets to create 16 drives worth of devices by
14 default, closes: #330218, #288129, #301367, #311678
15 * change 'hd' to create 24 partitions by default, closes: #300913
16 * change generic targets to use 'hd' and 'sd' instead of different numbers
18 * call cvt() function on all arguments, and have cvt() behave transparently
19 if handed a target that isn't a macro
20 * map null and zero to std in cvt(), closes: #296225, #296296
21 * move to debhelper compat level 4
23 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:57:12 -0700
25 makedev (2.3.1-78) unstable; urgency=medium
27 * update postinst syntax for chown call to owner:group, closes: #300791
28 * fix from Frank Lichtenheld for missing arg in pmu target, closes: #301588
30 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:55:31 -0700
32 makedev (2.3.1-77) unstable; urgency=medium
34 * update udev handling on advice from Marco d'Itri. Handles more cases
35 and provides the ability to override the avoidance logic if environment
36 variable WRITE_ON_UDEV is set. Urgency medium to help a new udev upload
37 depending on this behavior get into sarge. closes: #264421
38 * change hwrandom to hwrng, closes: #295324
39 * patch from Gaudenz Steinlin to add input/uinput support, closes: #294361
40 * remove README.Debian, since the content is obsolete
42 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:53:32 -0700
44 makedev (2.3.1-76) unstable; urgency=low
46 * make ppc64 an alias for powerpc, closes: #282687
47 * add ttyB[0-7] to generic-hppa for console on K-class, etc, closes: #293705
48 * add initial support for uba*, closes: #278237
49 * add a target pmu duplicating pmu part of misc, closes: #267670, #277195
50 * fix man page bug with mcdx, closes: #285258
51 * add dac960_gam creation to dac960 target, closes: #272333
53 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:47:00 -0700
55 makedev (2.3.1-75) unstable; urgency=low
57 * fix one more POSIX compliance issue in postinst, closes: #261477
58 * patch from Thomas Schmidt to fix problems in handling DVB devices,
59 which change major number at kernel 2.6.8, closes: #263136
61 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:42:40 -0600
63 makedev (2.3.1-74) unstable; urgency=low
65 * add dac960 to generic-alpha, closes: #261320
67 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:17:59 -0700
69 makedev (2.3.1-73) unstable; urgency=low
71 * support all three dasd partitions instead of just one, closes: #261347
73 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:51:42 -0700
75 makedev (2.3.1-72) unstable; urgency=low
77 * fix typo in nnpfs0 creation, closes: #261012
78 * abort if not running Linux, just like if devfs detected, closes: #257037
80 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 23 Jul 2004 23:54:14 -0600
82 makedev (2.3.1-71) unstable; urgency=low
84 * incorporate NMU from Marco d'Itri ... thanks!
85 * handle arla change from xfs to nnpfs, closes: #257854
86 * sparc generic now needs fd, eliminate fd*-bare targets, closes: #257927
87 * fix some POSIX compliance issues in conditionals, closes: #259285
89 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:22:07 -0400
91 makedev (2.3.1-70) unstable; urgency=medium
93 * NMU to move /etc/udev/.dev/ to /.dev/, Conflict with udev <= 0.024-7.
94 * Do not fail if /proc is not mounted. (Closes: #246421)
96 -- Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> Thu, 27 May 2004 22:50:44 +0200
98 makedev (2.3.1-69) unstable; urgency=medium
100 * one more tweak to the udev detection
101 * put $tty back to 0666, use it for /dev/tty (instead of $public which is
102 group root) and for pty devices. no other devices still use $tty... It
103 turns out I already fixed the /dev/tty[0-9]* permissions way back in -59,
104 we just hadn't done anything in postinst to force them tighter on upgrade,
105 ergo the confusion in -67 and -68. [large sigh]
106 * MAKEDEV creates /dev/tty[0-9]* as 0600, and mesg wiggles the group write
107 bit, so make the postinst do 'chmod g-r,o= /dev/tty[0-9]*' instead of "o="
109 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:38:30 -0600
111 makedev (2.3.1-68) unstable; urgency=medium
113 * oops, we need to leave 'tty' as 0666 as we tighten the permissions on
114 other tty* devices, closes: #245761, #245737, #244735, #245718
115 * mountpoint -q doesn't work in all cases to detect udev, try a different
116 approach, closes: #245777, #245739
117 * have the postinst do '/bin/chmod o= /dev/tty[0-9]*' to further address
118 the console DOS potential raised in bug #244751
120 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:14:25 -0600
122 makedev (2.3.1-67) unstable; urgency=medium
124 * change default permission on tty devices from 0666 to 0660, which makes
125 denial of service attacks on the console by local users harder,
127 * if udev is running and we're in /dev, relocate to /etc/udev/.dev/,
128 thus avoiding the need for a diversion, closes: #245441
129 * urgency cranked up to get these into testing soonish
131 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:06:41 -0600
133 makedev (2.3.1-66) unstable; urgency=low
135 * make amd64 use generic-i386 instead of being unhandled, closes: #238486
136 * add support for mwave, closes: #229926
137 * rename intel_rng to hwrandom, closes: #234366
138 * add suport for making loop[0..255], closes: #227369
139 * add usblcd and cpad0 per lanana creation to usb target, closes: #184740
140 * force update of fb devices in postinst if kernel >= 2.4 and they already
141 exist, closes: #232108
142 * recognize 'drbd' as an alias for the 'nb' target, and up the default from
143 2 to 8 nb devices created, closes: #235676
144 * eliminate -V option from man page, closes: #235679
145 * add 'input' to generic-i386 and generic-ia64, closes: #238081
146 * add support for dvb, closes: #113602
147 * add support for tilb, closes: #140004
148 * add support for systrace, closes: #171640
149 * rework video1394 support to create video1394/[0-15] devices, closes: #178634
150 * add support for irnet, closes: #193179
151 * add ttyS4 to generic targets to ease PCI modem use, closes: #193938
152 * apply patch to improve tap device documentation in man page, closes: #198517
153 * make the long description a bit more verbose, closes: #210034
154 * add hiddev devices to usb target, closes: #214846
156 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 2 Apr 2004 02:56:04 -0700
158 makedev (2.3.1-65) unstable; urgency=low
160 * patch from John Darrah to avoid choking on Equinox serial ports which put
161 extra tokens on the line in /proc/devices
162 * patch from Henrique de Moraes Holschuh to protect against unexpected chars
163 in /proc/devices entries, closes: #224582
164 * use permission class 'dialout' for bluetooth devices, and increase
165 robustness of the 'makedev' function, closes: #177118
166 * freshen fb targets to reflect new minor numbers, closes: #186486, #186410
168 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:35:43 -0700
170 makedev (2.3.1-64) unstable; urgency=low
172 * change fb permissions from 0620 to 0660 to allow mmap I/O
173 * fix major number for hd[m-t] broken by typos, closes: #215443
174 * repair openprom lines broken by typo in 2.3.1-60, closes: #218165
176 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:38:20 -0700
178 makedev (2.3.1-63) unstable; urgency=low
180 * fix MIME mangling of dpti patch, closes: #178266
181 * add support for video1394, closes: #178634
182 * add support for remaining ide controllers
183 * move from "." to ":" in chown calls, closes: #205365
185 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:29:35 -0600
187 makedev (2.3.1-62) unstable; urgency=low
189 * patch from Stephen Frost to add tun support, closes: #147499
190 * patch from Matt Zimmerman to make ubd support match current UML usage,
192 * patch from Don Armstrong that actually closes 158763, mistakenly closed
193 in 2.3.1-61... thanks to Eduard Bloch for pointing out my mistake.
194 * make -V provide useful output instead of the ancient upstream RCSID, as
195 per a non-BTS request from Jim Shofstall
197 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 27 Dec 2002 14:39:33 -0700
199 makedev (2.3.1-61) unstable; urgency=low
201 * patch from Eduard Bloch to add i2o raid support for use by boot-floppies
202 on i386, closes: #158763, #144879
204 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:45:26 -0700
206 makedev (2.3.1-60) unstable; urgency=low
208 * remove xd[ab] from generic-ia64, closes: #168833
209 * add scd[01] to generic-m68k, closes: #157816
210 * abort postinst without action if devfs detected, closes: #152279
211 * make openprom world readable, closes: #157328
212 * use symlink function, not explicit ln -f, closes: #159443
213 * make rawctl and raw/raw* match structure in devices.txt, closes: #159863
214 * eliminate smapi, move thinkpad to /dev/thinkpad/thinkpad, closes: #165701
215 * fix broken for loop, closes: #167674
216 * add target ttyB and ttyB[0..7] for parisc mux card, closes: #168304
217 * add bluetooth target, closes: #163869
218 * stop forcing /dev/full to 0622 in postinst, closes: #162261
219 * move parsing of /proc/devices inside the update clause, closes: #159442
220 * add SuperH support, closes: #155132
222 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 00:17:35 -0700
224 makedev (2.3.1-59) unstable; urgency=low
226 * add 'sunmouse' to generic-arm, closes: #141391
227 * add hd[abcd] to generic-hppa
228 * 2.3.1-48 tightened permissions on (virtual) consoles, but not allp ways
229 the devices could be created were caught. finish cleaning up console
230 permissions, simplifying things a bit in the process, closes: #25847
231 * patches from Ian Zimmerman <itz@speakeasy.org> to eliminate dependencies
232 on programs that live in /usr/bin, closes: #147144
233 * rewritten man page for MAKEDEV from Chris Tillman, a vast improvement!
234 closes: #147324, #30809, #69056
235 * fix bashisms in first() and second(), closes: #151684
237 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 6 Jul 2002 10:31:04 -0600
239 makedev (2.3.1-58) unstable; urgency=low
241 * remove the word 'special' from the short description as it's redundant,
242 thanks to Hendrik Naumann for pointing this out while translating it.
243 * change default groups for irda devices to better match their use,
245 * add support for ataraid using patch from Eduard Bloch, closes: #121863
246 * add support for cciss using patch from Matt Kraai,
247 closes: #132864, #132975, #136016
249 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 2 Mar 2002 17:46:52 -0700
251 makedev (2.3.1-57) unstable; urgency=low
253 * use group dip for /dev/ppp, closes: #123251
254 * lose 'usbmouse' from the bus mice, since 10/32 is no longer a current
255 device as far as I can see.
256 * add target 'usb' which creates usb/{lp*,mouse*,ez*,scanner*}, usb/rio500,
257 ttyACM*, and ttyUSB* devices. These are all the USB devices I see listed
258 in the 2.4.17 devices.txt file. Since USB is a hotplug medium,
259 mass-creation seems like a good strategy. closes: #62222, #89932
260 * add target 'paride' which creates pd[abcd]*, pcd[0-3], pf[0-3] devices
261 in support of parallel port IDE controllers, closes: #113122
262 * add recognition of 'ppp', 'usb', 'ramdisk' when running MAKEDEV update,
263 don't whine about 'lvm' since no makedev support is required, leave 'nbd'
264 unrecognized since I don't know what it is, closes: #113231
266 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 2 Jan 2002 15:34:19 -0700
268 makedev (2.3.1-56) unstable; urgency=medium
270 * add support for pktcdvd devices 0..3, closes: #99725
271 * add support for ppp device, closes: #101172
272 * add support for comedi devices 0..3, closes: #105417
273 * increase number of raw devices from 4 to 8, and add rawctl symlink to
274 raw, closes: #106087, #108296, #117846, #85694
275 * set priority to medium since we'd like this in woody
277 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:20:13 -0700
279 makedev (2.3.1-55) unstable; urgency=low
281 * add efirtc support, and add efirtc to generic-ia64 per Richard Hirst
282 * add busmice to generic-mips to support ps2 mouse on Indy, closes: #115578
283 * change some default permissions to improve consistency, closes: #114649
284 * add ubd target to create ubd[0..255] for user mode linux, closes: #114585
286 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:36:13 -0700
288 makedev (2.3.1-54) unstable; urgency=low
290 * add ttyS4 and ttyS5 to generic-ia64, needed for ACPI serial consoles
291 * cosmetic tweaks to address lintian warnings
293 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:54:11 -0600
295 makedev (2.3.1-53) unstable; urgency=low
297 * add support for mipsel, closes: #97529
298 * update joystick major number to 13 consistently, closes: #96537
299 * recognize ide4 and ide5 during update, closes: #92995
300 * oops, /dev/cpu/microcode should be char, not block device,
301 closes: #93160, #82720
302 * add rtc to generic-hppa, closes: #94246
303 * add 'raw' target for /dev/raw and /dev/raw[0-3], closes: #98064
304 * add 'cpu' target as an alias for microcode, and have it create enough
305 msr and cpuid devices for up to 4-way SMP, closes: #98266
306 * add 'intel_rng' target, closes: #99774
308 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:40:04 -0600
310 makedev (2.3.1-52) unstable; urgency=low
312 * add support for hppa and ia64
313 * add support for s390, closes: #85228
314 * change m68k, sparc, i386, and powerpc generic targets for boot-floppies,
315 closes: #90995, #90996, #90997, #90999
316 * check for .devfsd in current dir, not /dev, since that's where MAKEDEV
317 creates devices, closes: #89857, #88050
318 * create a new target 'input' and add it to generic-powerpc to support the
319 new input subsystem currently used only for USB devices. This addresses
320 part of 62222 and 89932, and closes: #87854
321 * fix remaining lintian warnings
323 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:00:28 -0700
325 makedev (2.3.1-51) unstable; urgency=low
327 * patch to reduce noise from % in /proc/devices from Daniel Jacobowitz,
328 add a bail-out check at the top of the MAKEDEV script to exit before trying
329 to do anything if devfs is mounted... since MAKEDEV and devfsd don't mix!
330 closes: #78018, #78170, #78200, #81326, #81434
331 closes: #59513, #63458, #63953, #70648, #70737, #70961, #78127, #78497
332 * fix typo regarding ide4/ide5 when creating hd[k-l], closes: #80828
333 * fix backwards sunmouse/mouse linking, closes: #80871, #83035
334 * make /dev/random writeable, as per Ted Ts'o, closes: #81748
335 * add initial support for mips, closes: #82345
336 * add support for cpu/microcode, closes: #82720
338 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Feb 2001 20:59:26 -0700
340 makedev (2.3.1-50) unstable; urgency=low
342 * make /dev/agpgart in postinst if it's not already present, closes: #78216
343 * fix backwards symlink for smapi/thinkpad, closes: #78700
344 * use group dialout instead of private for ISDN devices, closes: #79594
345 * no fix yet for the %d sometimes in new kernel /proc/devices, release
346 anyway to get the above fixes in circulation
348 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:57:49 -0700
350 makedev (2.3.1-49) unstable; urgency=low
352 * add raw1394 device, closes: #77946
354 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Nov 2000 13:21:20 -0700
356 makedev (2.3.1-48) unstable; urgency=low
358 * tighten up permissions on /dev/tty[0-XX] and /dev/kbd, closes: #77168
360 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Nov 2000 09:45:42 -0700
362 makedev (2.3.1-47) unstable; urgency=low
364 * incorporate changes from NMU's by Adam Di Carlo, closes: #74786
365 * the tap* devices are created in the netlink target, make tap* work on the
366 command line as aliases for netlink, closes: #70520
367 * increase number of i2c devices made from 2 to 8, closes: #71633
368 * add support for pcd parallel-port CDROM drives, closes: #74781
369 * change permissions of fb* devices to root.video 0620, closes: #77593
370 * the mix of devices created by makedev in various circumstances are not
371 unreasonable. Closes: #59558
372 * the current framebuffer minor numbers match devices.txt in the 2.4.0 test
373 kernel sources, closes: #60688
374 * update postinst to always recreate /dev/console, so that the change from
375 a symlink between kernel versions 2.0 and later gets handled correctly,
377 * modify init.d fragment to only create /dev/MAKEDEV if it isn't already a
378 symlink, closes: #63501
380 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:34:16 -0700
382 makedev (2.3.1-46.2) stable unstable; urgency=low
384 * non-maintainer update
385 * argh, target stable and unstable
387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 14:01:16 -0400
389 makedev (2.3.1-46.1) unstable; urgency=low
391 * non-maintainer update
392 * 'symlink mcdx mcdx0' was reversed (one line patch)
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 04:36:30 -0400
396 makedev (2.3.1-46) stable unstable; urgency=medium
398 * fix silly symlink loop between ram and ram1, closes: #69475, #69351
399 * fix similar symlink reversal between scd and sr devices, and make 'sr'
400 a valid target, not just when using 'update', closes: #69500
401 * change agpart to agpgart as per devices.txt, closes: #69319
402 * add sg* devices to generic targets that include SCSI, closes: #69231
404 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 29 Aug 2000 01:13:30 -0600
406 makedev (2.3.1-45) stable unstable; urgency=low
408 * incorporates work done by Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.infodrom.north.de>
409 with my profound thanks.
410 * Added gscd and cm206cd device files, closes: #69057
411 * Corrected mcdx drivers, support all five drives, closes: #69058
412 * Corrected symlink creation (i.e. use symlink() instead of ln -s)
413 * Added /dev/toshiba (Toshiba laptop SMM support), closes: #54729, #59242
414 * Added sdc and sdd to generic-m68k since they were missing, closes: #61027
415 * Made joystick devices readable by everybody (closes: Bug#61499)
416 * Added '$opts' whenever $0 aka MAKEDEV gets called, thus `-n' is passed
417 to the child properly, closes: #63159
418 * Added hyphen `-' between i2c and the number as described by devices.txt,
420 * Fixed wrong creation of hdi hdj hdk and hdl, closes: #64881
421 * Added hdc and hdd to generic-powerpc since they were missing,
423 * Added support for ttyI and cui (ignored) to 'update' target by
424 modifying cvt(), closes: #66838
425 * Corrected a whole bunch of math errors where a `$' was missing, trying
426 to add 1 to 'minor', closes: #68915
427 * Fixed /proc/devices-parser to ignore slashes, closes: #31854
428 * Removed out-dated Replaces, closes: #61256
429 * Added audioctl, closes: #60755
430 * Added agpart, closes: #61084
431 * Adjusted 3dfx to have file mode $video instead of $audio
432 * Added ipmikcs (Intelligent Platform Management) with mode 0600 (mode
433 may be unpracticable), closes: #67431
435 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:52:23 -0600
437 makedev (2.3.1-44) frozen unstable; urgency=low
439 * patch from tausq for a case I missed when converting expr to $(( )),
440 fixes problem creating sbpcd devices. Target frozen since this was
441 marked release-critical. Closes: #63585
443 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 6 May 2000 20:24:40 -0600
445 makedev (2.3.1-43) frozen unstable; urgency=low
447 * add invocation of '/sbin/MAKEDEV std' to postinst to ensure key devices
448 have proper owner/group/perms on upgrades, closes: #61367
449 * replace /dev/MAKEDEV references with /sbin/MAKEDEV references in the
451 * target frozen since broken perms on /dev/tty keeps xterm from working
452 which is very confusing and frustrating on upgrades.
454 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 3 May 2000 14:27:04 -0600
456 makedev (2.3.1-42) frozen unstable; urgency=low
458 * eliminate the use of expr, since it is in /usr, which may not be mounted
459 during system recovery when makedev is often needed. Target frozen since
460 this was tagged release critical, closes: #62925
462 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:27:18 -0600
464 makedev (2.3.1-41) frozen unstable; urgency=low
466 * Arrange for all scd* devices to have hardlinked sr* counterparts as per
467 devices.txt. Target frozen since this is release critical, closes: #61862
469 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 7 Apr 2000 20:01:39 -0600
471 makedev (2.3.1-40) frozen unstable; urgency=low
473 * fix flakey code for discovering proper major numbers for several device
474 types. This broke the raidtools postinst in some cases, which I think
475 makes this worth adding to frozen, even though there's no bug in the BTS
476 about it (problem reported and fixed during an IRC session). There are
477 still a few potential major number problems in MAKEDEV, but they're all
478 for obscure devices that are not in devices.txt, and which I'll therefore
479 probably remove entirely when rewriting makedev for woody.
480 * fix type, smtpe should be smpte, closes: #59061
482 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:28:30 -0700
484 makedev (2.3.1-39) frozen unstable; urgency=low
486 * add missing major number clause to thinkpad/smapi device, closes: #57381
487 target frozen since this is clearly release-critical
489 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Feb 2000 12:07:07 -0700
491 makedev (2.3.1-38) frozen unstable; urgency=low
493 * target frozen since 56724 was tagged release-critical
494 * rework ftape stuff to match 2.2 kernel device definitions, closes: #56724
495 * add code to create /dev/smapi and symlink it as /dev/thinkpad. This can
496 be called as either smapi or thinkpad. Closes: #54714
497 * add /dev/radio symlink to radio0, closes: #55649
498 * update the netlink target to create fwmonitor and the tap* devices,
500 * add IRDA device support, closes: #47296
502 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 3 Feb 2000 23:51:58 -0700
504 makedev (2.3.1-37) unstable; urgency=low
506 * add openprom entry for Sparc systems, closes: #54296
508 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 7 Jan 2000 20:03:00 -0700
510 makedev (2.3.1-36) unstable; urgency=low
512 * fix cyclades target to make 32 instead of 33 devices, and update man page
513 to match what the code does, closes: #51892
514 * add st0/st1/scd0/scd1 to generic-i386 and generic-alpha to improve the
515 consistency across platforms, closes: #52871
516 * create an initial generic-arm target, anticipating the need as debian-arm
517 struggles to get ready to release with potato.
518 * update handling of network block devices (nb) so that specifying a single
519 device works as expected. calling for 'nb' will give nb0 and nb1.
521 * support digital joysticks (djs) in joystick/js target, closes: #53314
522 * update to current policy rev, add Build-Depends.
524 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 7 Jan 2000 02:14:24 -0700
526 makedev (2.3.1-35) unstable; urgency=low
528 * change group of video4linux devices to new group video appearing in
529 base-passwd 3.0.4, closes: 51429
531 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 28 Nov 1999 20:00:12 -0700
533 makedev (2.3.1-34) unstable; urgency=low
535 * re-craft 'ida' target the same way we did dac960 to allow the boot-floopies
536 folks to create just one or two cards worth. Closes: #51341
538 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 26 Nov 1999 17:54:56 -0700
540 makedev (2.3.1-33) unstable; urgency=low
542 * add usbmouse support to busmice target, closes: #50326
544 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 03:20:03 -0700
546 makedev (2.3.1-32) unstable; urgency=low
548 * add 'audio' to the targets for generic-i386, closes: #49935
549 * craft an initial generic-alpha target to make the boot-floppies stuff
550 work right. For now, just clone the i386 target since I have no idea
551 what is really needed... closes: #49934
552 * add support for creating ramN devices one at a time, closes: #49853
553 * add target 'consoleonly' that creates the minimum number of devices to
554 support /dev/console, and recraft the 'console' target to use it and then
555 add all the vcs* devices, et al. Closes: #49852
556 * re-craft 'dac960' target to be a loop around targets dac960.[0-7] so that
557 boot-floppies creators can create just one or two cards worth of devices
558 instead of having to do them all. Closes: #49864
560 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:38:43 -0700
562 makedev (2.3.1-31) unstable; urgency=low
564 * fixes for major numbers on some oddball CDROM types, needed for boot disks
566 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 10 Nov 1999 23:58:56 -0700
568 makedev (2.3.1-30) unstable; urgency=low
570 * fill in a few more audio devices, closes: #49107
572 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 3 Nov 1999 20:28:54 -0700
574 makedev (2.3.1-29) unstable; urgency=low
576 * the /dev/vcs* handling is correct, closes: #42035
577 * fix case construct for ht0, closes: #42519
578 * fix major number determination for several devices, closes: #43560
579 * add js2, js3 to joystick device creation, but leave owner/group/mode
580 the same as for mice until/unless some more compelling argument is
581 presented, closes: #43790
582 * improve consistency of vcs device creation, making vcs0 and vcsa0, with
583 symlinks for vcs and vcsa, closes: #45698
584 * add support for /dev/3dfx, closes: #48734
585 * /dev/sr* is obsolete, use /dev/scd*, closes: #32723
586 * RH 2.5 was merged as of 2.3.1-24, closes: #45153
589 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 30 Oct 1999 16:53:32 -0600
591 makedev (2.3.1-28) unstable; urgency=medium
593 * /o\ oops... -27 was broken badly. Close 42355, 42359, 42361.
595 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 3 Aug 1999 02:38:06 -0600
597 makedev (2.3.1-27) unstable; urgency=medium
599 * fix loop's major number, closes 38559.
600 * fix group of scd* to be cdrom, not disk. Closes 41227, 41812.
601 * add vbi symlink, closes 39406
603 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 2 Aug 1999 00:59:19 -0600
605 makedev (2.3.1-26) unstable; urgency=medium
607 * fix another syntax error introduced in -25... /o\
609 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 29 May 1999 03:12:32 -0600
611 makedev (2.3.1-25) unstable; urgency=medium
613 * fix *ugly* typos introduced in -24, closes 38489, 38465.
614 * update MAKEDEV to install the mouse -> sunmouse link in generic-sparc,
615 in addition to making it in the postinst if needed. Closes 38432.
616 * have MAKEDEV exit with error 1 if we hit a "don't know how to make device"
617 situation. I'm a bit concerned about this since it *might* break a
618 package postinst somewhere. However, it is clearly the right thing to do
619 on a purely conceptual level. Closes 29974.
620 * add support for Free S/WAN (IPSEC) device, closes 38372.
622 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 26 May 1999 14:00:29 -0600
624 makedev (2.3.1-24) unstable; urgency=low
626 * fold in patch from Espy to provide all the functionality of the RedHat
627 makedev 2.5. Leave our version number as 2.3.1-XX for now, since we're
628 not actually cleanly derived from the 2.5 RedHat bits. Closes 37795, 28616.
629 * make 'scd' act like 'scd-all', closes 37071
630 * patch for postinst typo, closes 37612
631 * move MAKEDEV to /sbin, create an init.d fragment to put a symlink in the
632 /dev directory at boot time. This should allow devfs to do its thing,
633 closing 37795, 33025.
635 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 26 May 1999 14:00:29 -0600
637 makedev (2.3.1-23) stable unstable; urgency=low
639 * fix problems with st* and adb pointed out by Hartmut
641 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 15 Apr 1999 08:39:39 -0600
643 makedev (2.3.1-22) unstable; urgency=low
645 * add 'hamradio' as a target, which is a macro for the new scc[0-7] and
646 bc[0-3] targets, closes 34773.
648 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:55:46 -0600
650 makedev (2.3.1-21) stable unstable; urgency=low
652 * make /dev/mouse a symlink to /dev/sunmouse on sparc, closes 35616
653 * have postinst create audio devices, closes 35646
654 * also create [alm] suffix versions for st* devices, closes 33041
655 * add support for hd[ijkl]... noticed while investigating bug 33798
656 * use the same owner/group/perms for nvram that we use for kmem, closes 34111
657 * add loop to the std device set, closes 34899
659 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:13:47 -0600
661 makedev (2.3.1-20) stable unstable; urgency=medium
663 * release-critical fixes from Hartmut for powerpc, closes 34004
665 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:51:08 -0700
667 makedev (2.3.1-19) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
669 * fix identification of 'sg' in update, closes the part of 33752 (grave)
670 that I can duplicate on i386 in -18
672 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 23 Feb 1999 07:44:30 -0700
674 makedev (2.3.1-18) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
676 * as requested by Wichert, have the postinst force /dev/kmem owner, group,
677 and permissions since this is a security issue, closes 33703.
678 * another patch needed for m68k slink boot floppies from Michael Schmitz
680 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 22 Feb 1999 22:56:47 -0700
682 makedev (2.3.1-17) frozen unstable; urgency=low
684 * Wichert points out that /dev/kmem doesn't need to be group writeable.
686 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 20 Feb 1999 16:12:29 -0700
688 makedev (2.3.1-16) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
690 * apply patch for m68k that is release-critical for slink
692 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:07:05 -0700
694 makedev (2.3.1-15) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
696 * fix major number for sunmouse as per Eric Delaunay, closes 33425
697 * tighten default permission on mouse and joystick devices, closes 32378
698 * change audio devices to root.audio 660, closes 32849
699 * apply patch from Eric Delaunay to fix problem with scsi devices and 2.2
700 kernels, closes 32999
701 * target 'frozen' since the sunmouse fix at the very least should be in
704 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:53:41 -0700
706 makedev (2.3.1-14) frozen unstable; urgency=low
708 * additions from Eric Delaunay needed for sparc frozen, closes 32458
710 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:54:31 -0700
712 makedev (2.3.1-13) frozen unstable; urgency=low
714 * make random/urandom available separately, not just in std, closes 32145
716 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Jan 1999 21:27:14 -0700
718 makedev (2.3.1-12) frozen unstable; urgency=low
720 * add random/urandom to the std target, closes 31562 and 29193
721 * update manpage to indicate the manpage is out of date, I need to make a
722 chunk of time at some point to give it a thorough review/update.
723 * don't make /dev/cua*, fix group on /dev/ttyS*, closes 30867
724 * change postinst to use syntax that isn't bash-specific, closes 18807
727 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 9 Jan 1999 00:39:25 -0700
729 makedev (2.3.1-11) frozen unstable; urgency=low
731 * allow 16 sd's instead of 8, as the kernel does. closes 30555.
732 * create hdc and hdd in generic-i386, and create 20 partitions per hd
733 instead of 4, closes 30522.
734 * go back (forward?) to using 'u' instead of '[DHE]' in fd entries,
736 * add 'fb' to both the generic-i386 and generic-powerpc clauses, closes
739 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 12 Dec 1998 08:10:22 -0700
741 makedev (2.3.1-10) frozen unstable; urgency=low
743 * instead of having the postinst explicitly link /dev/console, have it
744 call MAKEDEV if console doesn't exist. Update MAKEDEV to know how to
745 link it for 2.0 kernels and prior, and create the explicit device for
746 2.1 and later running kernels. Building this based on running kernel
747 revision doesn't feel clean, but I see no better way.
749 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 8 Nov 1998 18:49:30 -0700
751 makedev (2.3.1-9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
753 * fix postinst to cd to /dev so that devices don't end up in /, now that
754 we don't do the cd in MAKEDEV itself
755 * move 'generic' to 'generic-i386', and have 'generic' use dpkg to determine
756 which generic-<arch> to use... this paves the way for fixing support for
758 * Several changes per drow on IRC:
759 change MAXVT from 8 to 63
760 change sd[ab] to create 15 instead of 8 subdevices
761 fix char->block on one scd instance
762 diffs to add support for powerpc machines
764 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 8 Nov 1998 18:49:30 -0700
766 makedev (2.3.1-8) frozen unstable; urgency=low
768 * add support for ram0 to the ram* list (0 was omitted), part of 28933.
769 * device 'rtc' was part of 'misc', give it a top-level entry too to reduce
770 possible confusion. Part of 28933.
771 * add an entry for 'initrd', closes 28933 (slink release-critical).
773 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:18:37 -0700
775 makedev (2.3.1-7) frozen unstable; urgency=low
777 * now that MAKEDEV is a script, this can be an 'all' package instead of
778 an 'any'. Thanks to Hartmut Koptein for pointing this out.
780 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 6 Nov 1998 11:42:58 -0700
782 makedev (2.3.1-6) frozen unstable; urgency=low
784 * add ttyS entry so update works with recent 2.1 kernels
786 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 2 Nov 1998 21:47:34 -0700
788 makedev (2.3.1-5) frozen unstable; urgency=low
790 * fix typo affecting fb devices, closes 28742
791 * fix syntax used for wildcarded devices, part of closing 28769
792 * fix error in minor numbers for isdn-ippp, part of closing 28769
794 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 1 Nov 1998 23:09:45 -0700
796 makedev (2.3.1-4) frozen unstable; urgency=low
798 * add support for additional scd and sg devices, closes 28029.
799 * change device names for busmice back to what we used in makedev-1.*, which
800 is also what the kernel documentation uses. Closes 28143.
801 * add support for various devices in contemporary kernels, closes 27720.
803 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 28 Oct 1998 23:41:58 -0700
805 makedev (2.3.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
807 * use 'dialout' instead of 'serial' to select owner/group/perms for ISDN
808 devices, closes 27536
809 * use 'dialout' as group for serial devices instead of 'uucp' to be
810 compatible with prior Debian makedev packages.
812 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 7 Oct 1998 22:50:36 -0600
814 makedev (2.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
816 * fix scd-all and sg-all entry points. The latter is just an alias for 'sg',
817 but the former was genuinely missing. Switch sg devices to numeric suffix
818 to comply with kernel's devices.txt. Closes 27490.
819 * close 26586, since I'm pretty sure it's a weirdy not caused by the package.
820 * add ISDN devices, closes 26971.
821 * add cfs0 for CODA, closes 23815.
823 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 6 Oct 1998 00:33:59 -0600
825 makedev (2.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
827 * New upstream version. This is a *significant* change!
828 This is a move (back?) from the short-lived makedev that depended on a
829 non-free parser to the one that is just a shell script. We will now be
830 more like other Linux distributions, no longer depending on a non-free
831 hunk of code to build the makedev package, and some porting and other
832 issues will get better.
833 * With the major change in upstream code, several bugs are not relevant
834 any more. Therefore, close 12949, 18037, 18807, 20665, 22648, 22868,
835 23771, 23898, 24477, 24572, 25660, 25840, 26058.
836 * add support for /dev/ptmx, built as part of pty*, closes 23612.
837 * add support for /dev/ed[ab], closes 23887.
839 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 6 Sep 1998 21:21:32 -0600
841 makedev (1.6-32) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
843 * serial devices now owned by root.dialout, closes 22297 (important)
844 * tape devices now owned by root.tape, closes 11910
845 * be explicit about which 'ls' we're calling, closes 22225
847 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 May 1998 23:52:58 -0600
849 makedev (1.6-31) unstable; urgency=low
851 * add powerpc support, closes 21949
852 * lose the menu entry
854 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 2 May 1998 01:29:06 -0600
856 makedev (1.6-30) unstable; urgency=low
858 * change from debmake to debhelper
859 * fix errors and warnings reported by lintian
860 * deliver devices.sgml instead of trying to build the .txt and .html files,
863 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 9 Feb 1998 22:31:43 -0700
865 makedev (1.6-29) unstable; urgency=low
867 * add arpd device, on request of Elie Rosenblum <erosenbl@nyx.net>.
869 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Jan 1998 09:42:14 -0700
871 makedev (1.6-28) unstable; urgency=low
875 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:22:57 -0700
877 makedev (1.6-27) unstable; urgency=low
879 * changed /dev/console handling.
880 * updated devinfo to kernel 2.1.62 device list.
881 * changed all device with group "sys" to group "root".
883 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Sat, 8 Nov 1997 11:56:18 +0100
885 makedev (1.6-26) unstable; urgency=low
887 * fixed bug #13787 : amigamouse1 was not corrected by postinst.
889 * added nvram device, added ad* to std-hd-m68k, added ttyS4 and ttyS6
890 to m68k boot-floppies and m68k generic
892 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Thu, 16 Oct 1997 20:09:14 +0200
894 makedev (1.6-25) unstable; urgency=low
896 * bug #9077 is obsolete (kernel bug, fixed in kernel).
897 * libc6 release : closes bugs #12791 and #13122.
898 * fixed bug #12158 : added sr* and sg* devices.
899 * fixed bug #12385 : wrong standard number.
901 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:12:32 +0200
903 makedev (1.6-24) unstable; urgency=low
905 * removed support for old floppy devices.
906 * only create generic floppy devices.
908 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:31:53 +0200
910 makedev (1.6-23) unstable; urgency=low
912 * renamed isdn batches : isdn-xx is 8 devices, isdn-xx-all are 64
913 devices (isdn-io, isdn-tty, isdn-ippp, isdn-cu).
914 * increased numer to 5500 devices. (makedev is getting too large).
916 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Mon, 8 Sep 1997 21:40:11 +0200
918 makedev (1.6-22) unstable; urgency=low
920 * bugfix with cvstree (i forgot to commit befor tagging :-()
922 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Mon, 8 Sep 1997 21:30:08 +0200
924 makedev (1.6-21) unstable; urgency=low
926 * bugfix : out of memory. aarrgg : makedev has fixed size tables.
928 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Mon, 8 Sep 1997 21:28:24 +0200
930 makedev (1.6-20) unstable; urgency=low
932 * corrected problem with my own cvs tree
934 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Sun, 7 Sep 1997 16:54:10 +0200
936 makedev (1.6-19) unstable; urgency=low
938 * changed /dev/full to mode 0622 (0666 was a security hole, as
939 discussed on linux-kernel).
941 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Sun, 7 Sep 1997 16:22:27 +0200
943 makedev (1.6-18) unstable; urgency=low
945 * added isdn-*-small devices (only 8 devices, not 64).
947 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:57:20 +0200
949 makedev (1.6-17) unstable; urgency=low
951 * close bug 6541 (missing audio device) : not reproduceable
952 * generate random and urandom, if missing (bug #12134)
953 * enabled makedev to create more sg* and sr* devices (bug #12158)
954 * changed doubletalkt to dtlk as requested
955 * sd[a-h]16 removed (bug, sda16 = sdb, scsi only supports 15
958 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Sun, 17 Aug 1997 19:19:33 +0200
960 makedev (1.6-16) stable unstable; urgency=low
962 * security bug fixed : all mouse devices are now mode 600.
964 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:31:04 +0200
966 makedev (1.6-15) unstable; urgency=low
968 * ibcs2 removed from generic set. revised ibcs2-unoff.
970 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Tue, 29 Jul 1997 13:13:43 +0200
972 makedev (1.6-14) unstable; urgency=low
974 * bug in postinst : type "MAKDEV" and "/dev/tty0" instead of "tty0" (#11441)
975 * stable version (libc5 compiled) for isdnutils
977 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jul 1997 10:12:14 +0200
979 makedev (1.6-13) unstable; urgency=low
981 * fixed menu entry (thanks to Abdallah Chatila <acha@poboxes.com>)
983 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 1997 21:33:55 +0200
985 makedev (1.6-12) unstable; urgency=low
987 * bug fix (changed doubletalk to class audio).
989 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 1997 09:45:38 +0200
991 makedev (1.6-11) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Fixed isdn devices (ippp were missing).
994 * No longer create isdn device as default (that is done by isdnutils).
995 * Added doubletalk device. Added more ibcs2 stuff.
997 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:04:45 +0200
999 makedev (1.6-10) unstable stable; urgency=low
1001 * fixed console device, added documentation.
1003 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Wed, 25 Jun 1997 13:20:46 +0200
1005 makedev (1.6-9) unstable stable; urgency=low
1007 * Added comment about cua devices.
1009 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jun 1997 09:21:20 +0200
1011 makedev (1.6-8) unstable stable; urgency=low
1013 * changed /dev/console to be a symlink to /dev/tty0.
1015 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Sun, 22 Jun 1997 21:42:35 +0200
1017 makedev (1.6-7) unstable stable; urgency=low
1019 * fixed bug with possible /dev/console symlink.
1020 * fixed bug with not always creating /dev/tty0. (xfree 3.3 need this)
1022 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:38:46 +0200
1024 makedev (1.6-6) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * fixed documentation (thanks to David Welton <davidw@efn.org>)
1027 * patch for m68k from frank neumann included
1029 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Mon, 9 Jun 1997 15:45:00 +0200
1031 makedev (1.6-5) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * added postinst script to change tty/pty devices to new major
1035 numbers (the next time you boot).
1036 * changed all serial devices from root.dialout to uucp.dialout
1037 * added generic-ARCH batches
1038 * changed (u)random permissions from 444 to 644
1039 * corrected mcd/mcdx handling.
1040 * small bugfix in manpages.
1042 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:12:58 +0200
1044 makedev (1.6-4) unstable frozen; urgency=low
1046 * fixed manpage, added generic-m68k, added mfd0, changed framebuffer
1047 create both : fb[01] and fb[01]current, changed framebuffer
1048 class to mode 664. disabled adb (apple desktob bus).
1049 this fixes bug #9053
1050 * fixed mitsumi cdrom detection.
1052 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Wed, 23 Apr 1997 16:23:50 +0200
1054 makedev (1.6-3) unstable frozen; urgency=low
1056 * bug fixed : st?l devices (nor st?1).
1057 * only create fd0 and fd1 with generic
1058 * seperated old device names to "-old" groups
1059 * not generating cm205cd by default
1060 * "boot-floppy" added with less devices
1061 * documentation in sgml and txt format
1063 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:58:56 +0200
1065 makedev (1.6-2) unstable frozen; urgency=high
1067 * new maintainer Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org>
1068 * rewrote devinfo (according to linux allocated devices, 2.0.30,2.1.31
1069 * this fixes bug #8396 (isdn devices)
1070 * this fixes bug #8399 (don't generate cu* devices)
1071 * this fixes bug #7144 (device for goldstar cdrom - gscd)
1072 * this fixes bug #8173 (new names for floppy devices fd*)
1073 * this fixes bug #8068 (hd[efgh] devises added : now ide[0123])
1074 (this includes: renamed all floppy device (bug #8173),
1075 * this fixes bug #3493 (isdn devices)
1076 * this fixes bug #5542 (ttyS* group dialout, cu* not generated)
1077 * this fixes bug #6926 (loop back devices corrected)
1078 * this fixes bug #6983 (loop back devices creatable)
1079 * this fixes bug #7038 (mcd device creatable (only one))
1080 * this fixes bug #7754 (sr* devices are created for compatibility)
1081 * this fixes parts of bug #7783 (only new tty/pty are created)
1082 * bug #7755 obsolete (old cat file ? current man page is ok)
1083 * bug #8009 obsolete (disks 1997-04-04 are ok)
1084 * remove from generic : cua[0-3] lmscd ram sbpcd[9-15] vcs0
1085 added to generic: X0R aztcd beep bpcd cm205cd cm206cd exttrp gscd
1086 hd[efgh]* hitcd hwtrap initrd ippp* jbm loop* mcd md* modreq nsfd
1087 nst*[1am] optcd ram[0-7] ramdisk relay16 relay8 rtc sd[abcdefgh][9-16]
1088 sequence2 sg[0-7] sjcd socksys spx sr[0-7] st*[1am] tpqic* tty[13-63]
1089 ttyI[0-63] urandom vcs vcs[13-63] vcsa vcsa[13-63] watchdog
1090 (ca. + 600 devices, size + 11 k in a ext2fs)
1092 -- Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@debian.org> Sun, 13 Apr 1997 21:06:14 +0200
1094 makedev (1.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * New upstream version.
1098 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Wed, 19 Mar 1997 20:40:17 -0800
1100 makedev (1.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * Add devices. Increase the maximum size of a batch from 32 to 1024.
1104 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Tue, 17 Dec 1996 20:34:06 -0800
1106 makedev (1.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * Make hd[a-d][8-20] and sd[a-h][8-20]. Remove bad empty "omit" from
1111 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Sun, 8 Dec 1996 09:42:18 -0800
1113 makedev (1.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * Change class of ttySn devices to dialout.
1118 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Fri, 6 Dec 1996 21:17:12 -0800
1120 makedev (1.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
1124 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:36:44 -0800