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Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:20:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Eric Blake <ericblake AT comcast DOT net>
cc: Angelo Graziosi <Angelo DOT Graziosi AT roma1 DOT infn DOT it>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: testers needed prior to 1.5.19 release
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Eric Blake wrote:

> > I have noted only that the /dev directory does not appear in root (/):
>
> Do you not read the ChangeLogs?
> http://cygwin.com/snapshots/winsup-changelog-20050909-20050912
> * fhandler_disk_file.cc (fhandler_disk_file::readdir): Temporarily
> 	remove insertion of /dev into root directory.
>
> In short, until a real /dev works (where the user can add entries),
> faking it is not worth it for 1.5.19.

Just FYI, a real /dev already works (using mknod -- you just have to know
the device numbers).  I've been running with a duplicate /dev (which I
called /ddev) since February, and while I haven't used all the devices,
those that I did use (ttyS*, console, clipboard, mem, dsp, random, zero,
null, fd0) worked fine.

Obligatory RTFM: also FYI, for faking /dev, see
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#id4676548>.
	Igor
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