Bug#268347: hurd: /dev/tty devices get created without checks

[Michael Banck]

Package: hurd
Version: 20040508-2
Severity: normal

When one reinstalls the hurd package (for whatever reason), one sees
some ugly error messages while it is being setup, something like:

/dev/vcs: Device or Resource busy
/dev/tty1: Device or Resource busy
/dev/tty2: Device or Resource busy
/dev/tty3: Device or Resource busy
/dev/tty4: Device or Resource busy
/dev/tty5: Device or Resource busy
/dev/tty6: Device or Resource busy

This is due to the postinst not checking whether the devices exist
before creating them. Maybe it should check the already installed
version (if applicable) to see whether those MAKEDEV's are needed.

Anyway, the MAKEDEV's should only be called if the respective device
does not yet exist.


Michael