? devices.patch
Index: baselayout-2.0.2.ebuild
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/baselayout/baselayout-2.0.2.ebuild,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -b -B -r1.6 baselayout-2.0.2.ebuild
--- baselayout-2.0.2.ebuild	13 May 2011 19:03:43 -0000	1.6
+++ baselayout-2.0.2.ebuild	28 May 2011 20:12:51 -0000
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@
 		fi
 
 		emake -C "${D}/usr/share/${PN}" DESTDIR="${ROOT}" layout || die "failed to layout filesystem"
+		# add the null and console devices
+		mknod -m 666 ${ROOT}/dev/null c 1 3
+		mknod -m 600 ${ROOT}/dev/console c 5 1
 	fi
 	rm -f "${D}"/usr/share/${PN}/Makefile
 }