Re: Packaging /dev entries as non-root

[Matthias Saou <matthias rpmforge net>]

Axel Thimm wrote :

> I am converting the current atrpms build environment from using root
> to using a non priviledged user for building.
> 
> While assigning ownerships/modes can be done with attr, I now stumbled
> over /dev entries. Is there a method to mknod as non-root (possibly
> not), or to register /dev nodes in the rpm like with attr? Thanks.

Take a look at my alsa spec file. I've created an /etc/makedev.d/ entry to
allow easy recovery of the entries if needed, and put the /dev entries into
the file list of the package using MAKEDEV with the -d switch.

http://freshrpms.net/packages/builds/index.html?build=alsa-driver

Matthias

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