From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:07:43 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH] fs/common.mk: Add support for fakeroot script In-Reply-To: <20131018213504.GA23840@gmail.com> References: <20131015132102.GA20116@gmail.com> <20131015161941.5d7ffd45@skate> <20131018202323.GA23065@gmail.com> <20131018204920.GA4019@free.fr> <20131018213504.GA23840@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20131018220743.GB4019@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net 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. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'