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Bug 35902 - amd64: rdev not installed
Summary: amd64: rdev not installed
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 All
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2003-12-15 14:42 UTC by Jeremy Heslop
Modified: 2005-01-28 23:01 UTC (History)
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Description Jeremy Heslop 2003-12-15 14:42:09 UTC 
installed amd64 dual opteron from stage1 and /usr/sbin/rdev was not installed from package sys-apps/util-linux

Tried reinstalling sys-apps/util-linux but was not included.

make install under kernel-2.6.0-test11-r2 complains about rdev not being installed
Comment 1 Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-02-06 08:17:35 UTC 
Problem:

sys-utils/Makefile:

ifeq "$(ARCH)" "intel"
MAN8:=$(MAN8) rdev.8 ramsize.8 rootflags.8 vidmode.8
USRSBIN:=$(USRSBIN) rdev
endif
Comment 2 Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-02-22 12:51:16 UTC 
In CVS, thanks!
Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-01-10 11:01:38 UTC 
do you actually need/use rdev ?
Comment 4 Jason Huebel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-01-10 14:14:57 UTC 
Ummm... This bug is over a year old. No comment was given as to why it was reopened.
Comment 5 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-01-10 15:04:16 UTC 
read comment #3 :P

the question is, does amd64 actually need rdev ?  upstream maintainer considers it 'ancient cruft' that really shouldnt be spread to newer machines when it's not needed
Comment 6 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-01-28 23:01:52 UTC 
punted the patch