Source: makedev Section: admin Priority: extra Maintainer: Debian QA Group Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5) Standards-Version: 3.9.3 Vcs-Git: git://git.gag.com/debian/makedev Vcs-Browser: http://git.gag.com/?p=debian/makedev Package: makedev Architecture: all Depends: base-passwd (>= 3.0.4), ${misc:Depends} Conflicts: udev (<= 0.024-7) Description: creates device files in /dev The MAKEDEV executable is used to create device files, often in /dev. . Device files are special files through which applications can interact with hardware. . This package is not necessary for most modern Linux systems, where the udev subsystem provides a more dynamic mechanism for device file management.