From: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH] fs/common.mk: Add support for fakeroot script
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:07:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131018220743.GB4019@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131018213504.GA23840@gmail.com>
Andrew, All,
On 2013-10-18 16:35 -0500, Andrew Ruder spake thusly:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:49:20PM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > Or you could have had a look at the manual:
> > http://buildroot.net/downloads/manual/manual.html#makedev-syntax
> >
> > The first sentence in this section reads:
>
> Yes, taken out of context it looks perfect, but put the whole sentence
> in there and it sounds like it is specifically for device node creation.
>
> > The makedev syntax is used in several places in Buildroot to define
> > changes to be made for permissions, or which device files to create
> > and how to create them, ***in order to avoid calls to mknod.***
>
> Emphasis mine, of course.
OK, maybe previous knowledge of the features makes me read the section
in a way that makes it explicit for me. It might not look the same to
others. Then, perhaps you could provide a better wording for this? ;-)
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-18 22:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-15 13:21 [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH] fs/common.mk: Add support for fakeroot script Andrew Ruder
2013-10-15 14:19 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-10-18 20:23 ` Andrew Ruder
2013-10-18 20:49 ` Yann E. MORIN
2013-10-18 21:35 ` Andrew Ruder
2013-10-18 22:07 ` Yann E. MORIN [this message]
2013-10-27 9:30 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
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