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DateTue, 31 Mar 1998 14:49:36 +1000
FromRichard Gooch <>
SubjectRe: devfs patch v21 available
Richard Guenther writes:
> On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> >   Hi, all. Version 21 of my devfs patch is now available
> [...]
> > Please, would people give this a final thrashing. I want to submit
> > this to Linus ASAP. Unless there are outstanding issues, I'm happy to
> > see it included in the mainstream kernel now.
> 
> It works for me (TM), apart from one bug and some (minor) flaws:
> 
> - The bug:
>   /dev # ln -s ttyS1 mouse
>   /dev # rm mouse
>   /dev # ls mouse
>   /bin/ls: mouse: no such file or directory
>   /dev # ln -s ttyS0 mouse
>   ln: cannot symbolic link 'ttyS0' to 'mouse': file exists
>   /dev # ls mouse
>   /bin/ls: mouse: no such file or directory
> 
>   linking with ttyS1 again succeeds.

OK, I've found the bug causing this. I'll send you (privately so as
not to clog the list) a new patch which fixes this.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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