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SubjectRe: Linux-2.3.51, and the pre-2.4 series..
In <E12Tv5B-0005EZ-00@the-village.bc.nu> Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote:
>> Devfsd will create /dev/tty{n} as symlinks to /dev/vc/{n}, som if you look
>> at devfsd as an integral part of the devfs system, the system is actually
>> providing both.

> Ok

>> With some good will from HPA and Linus, the standard could be changed as
>> well, but as long as there is devfsd, the standard can probably stand as

> The point of standards is that they dont change.

... Till new revision of standard is not ready :-) Get real. At first there
were no /var at all, then modifyable files was moved from /usr to /var, then
architecture independent files was moved from /usr to /usr/share. It's just
recent changes...




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