Source: makedev Section: admin Priority: required Maintainer: Bdale Garbee Build-Depends: debhelper Standards-Version: 3.7.3 Package: makedev Architecture: all Depends: base-passwd (>= 3.0.4) 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.