Source: makedev
Section: admin
-Priority: required
+Priority: extra
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
-Build-Depends-Indep: debhelper
-Standards-Version: 3.6.2.1
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5)
+Standards-Version: 3.8.2
Package: makedev
Architecture: all
.
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.