[Rpm-maint] Re: minor number changes

[Peter Bowen]

anees,

You can also specify device files in the %files section by prepending %
dev(type, major, minor) to the device name.  This will ensure that the
file is properly tracked and removed when the package is removed.

Thanks.
Peter

On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 16:14 +0530, aneeskA wrote:
> I found out a solution for the problem. thought i would share with you
> all. the problem was caused due to rpm's inability to count beyond
> 255. to get around the problem i inserted MAKEDEV for those devices in
> the RPMs 'post' section
> 
> /dev/MAKEDEV -c config_dir/  -d target_directory -a device_name
> 
> where 
> 
> a configuration file should be prsent in the "config_dir" which should
> contain the following details
> 
> [b|c] mode owner group major minor inc count fmt [base]
> 
> for more details refer linux man pages
> 
> regards
> -- anees
> 
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:25 PM, aneeskA <aneeska2k5 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         Hi all,
>         
>           when i tried to package device files using RPM (RPM version
>         4.4.2) its minor number changed. Any idea why this is
>         happening ? Also is there any fix for this problem ?
>         
>         thanx and regards
>         -- anees
> 
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