Debian scripts use makedev (>=2.3.1-49) in postinst by default now.

Postinst script using mknod added as alternative.
Revision bumped up to 0.8.1.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.linux1394.org/libraw1394/trunk@47 53a565d1-3bb7-0310-b661-cf11e63c67ab

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/debian/libraw1394.postinst.in b/debian/libraw1394.postinst.in
index 0f60fbe..7881ca5 100644
--- a/debian/libraw1394.postinst.in
+++ b/debian/libraw1394.postinst.in
@@ -4,37 +4,41 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
 	ldconfig
 
 	if [ ! -c /dev/raw1394 ]; then
-		echo
-		echo "Required /dev/raw1394 device file not found."
-		echo "Without it, libraw1394 is quite useless as it can't talk"
-		echo "to the kernel driver."
-		echo
+		cat <<EOF
+
+Required /dev/raw1394 device file not found.  Without it, libraw1394
+is quite useless as it can not talk to the kernel driver.
+
+EOF
 		echo -n "Should I create it for you? [Y/n] "
 		read REPLY
 
 		case "$REPLY" in
 		y|yes|"")
-			mknod -m600 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0
-			chown root.root /dev/raw1394
-			echo
-			echo "/dev/raw1394 created."
-			echo "It is owned by root with read/write permissions for root."
-			echo "You may want to fix the group/permission to something"
-			echo "appropriate for you.  Note however that anyone who can open"
-			echo "raw1394 can access all devices on all connected 1394 buses"
-			echo "unrestricted, including harddisks and other probably"
-			echo "sensitive devices."
+			MAKEDEV raw1394
+			cat <<EOF
+
+Device file created.  You may want to fix the group/permission to
+something appropriate for you.  Note however that anyone who can open
+raw1394 can access all devices on all connected 1394 buses
+unrestricted, including harddisks and other probably sensitive
+devices.
+
+EOF
 			;;
 		*)
-			echo
-			echo "/dev/raw1394 not created."
-			echo "You can create it at a later time using /dev/MAKEDEV if you"
-			echo "have a version that already knows raw1394 or you can create"
-			echo "it manually with the command:"
-			echo "mknod -m600 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0"
+			cat <<EOF
+
+/dev/raw1394 not created.  You can create it at a later time manually
+with the command:
+
+    /dev/MAKEDEV raw1394
+
+EOF
 			;;
 		esac
 	fi
 fi
 
+
 #DEBHELPER#