Bug 260986 – sys-apps/baselayout-2.0.0 needs to create a minimal set of device nodes

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) 2009-03-02 20:23:35 UTC]

The current baselayout-2.0.0 ebuild does not create device nodes anymore, but even with udev a minimal set of device nodes is needed (e.g. /dev/null). 

additionally the missing device nodes make building stages fail, since gcc-config somehow fails to select a proper compiler if /dev/null is not around (it probably dies because of /dev/null being missing even before being able to set the compiler links).

[Comment 1 Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) 2009-03-02 20:24:05 UTC]

Created attachment 183708 [details, diff]
ebuild .patch with updated MAKEDEV

[Comment 2 SpanKY 2009-03-03 00:30:13 UTC]

umm, no.  MAKEDEV was removed from baselayout for a reason: it doesnt belong there.

[Comment 3 Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) 2009-03-03 07:28:36 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> umm, no.  MAKEDEV was removed from baselayout for a reason: it doesnt belong
> there.

so where in your opinion should devices be created during stage building?

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2009-03-03 20:34:26 UTC]

why dont you use the makedev package like everyone else

[Comment 5 Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) 2009-03-04 07:45:05 UTC]

makedev is not built with stage1, but i probably need to make another patch to my custom tree for stage building *sigh*

[Comment 6 SpanKY 2009-03-04 08:33:22 UTC]

then talk to the release team about having it added to stage1