Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Feb 2006 19:29:05 +0000 | From | Nick <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.16rc2] compile error |
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> You are hit be an outstanding issue with -rc1 + rc2. > When you build as root you will alter /dev/null and in your case it > became a regular file. > > Recreate /dev/null and build as normal user for now. > You can apply patch below to fix it - will be in next -rc.
Although this is fixed, can/should /dev/null be made immutable? I presume the whole system relies on it...
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