Bug 63626

Summary:	/dev/zero not created by default on RHL 7.2
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Glen A. Foster <glen.foster>
Component:	dev	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Version:	7.2	CC:	nsoffer
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Description Glen A. Foster 2002-04-16 15:07:52 UTC

Description of Problem: The character-special file /dev/zero is not created by
default at install-time (although MAKEDEV knows how to create it).  This
violates the LSB-FHS requirements for entries in /dev.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
# rpm -q dev
dev-3.2-5

How Reproducible: 100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install LSB tests
2. Run the LSB-FHS tests

Actual Results:
test-script labelled "/LSB.fhs/linux/dev/dev-tc" fails on case #47:

400|47 5 1 16:35:39|IC Start
200|47 5 16:35:39|TP Start
520|47 5 3997 1 1|Reference 6.1.3-5(A)
520|47 5 3997 1 2|The /dev/zero  device exists with
520|47 5 3997 1 3|major number 1 and minor number 5
520|47 5 3997 1 4|exit code 1 returned, expected 0
220|47 5 1 16:35:39|FAIL
410|47 5 1 16:35:39|IC End

Expected Results: Test should pass

Additional Information: Running latest LSB tests available from opengroup.org

Comment 1 Glen A. Foster 2003-01-24 22:16:36 UTC

Closing after 9 months of inactivity.

Comment 2 Nir Soffer 2016-10-10 18:30:26 UTC

Patch is not related.