diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ce10dd1..763daa5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # process this file with autoconf to get a configure script
 
 AC_INIT(Makefile.am)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libraw1394, 0.8.1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libraw1394, 0.8.2)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_PROG_CC
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ee6834c..2723349 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libraw1394 (0.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Create device file in /dev instead of / (closes: #81158).
+
+ -- Andreas Bombe <bombe@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>  Thu,  4 Jan 2001 02:37:57 +0100
+
 libraw1394 (0.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Use and require makedev (>= 2.3.1-49) which includes /dev/raw1394
diff --git a/debian/libraw1394.postinst.in b/debian/libraw1394.postinst.in
index 7881ca5..326b40f 100644
--- a/debian/libraw1394.postinst.in
+++ b/debian/libraw1394.postinst.in
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ EOF
 
 		case "$REPLY" in
 		y|yes|"")
-			MAKEDEV raw1394
-			cat <<EOF
+			if (cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV raw1394); then
+			    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
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ unrestricted, including harddisks and other probably sensitive
 devices.
 
 EOF
+			fi
 			;;
 		*)
 			cat <<EOF