makedev installation fails on Docker containers

[phanect]

On Ubuntu 18.04 on Docker container, makedev installation fails.

I guess this issue is almost the same as 1679727 and 1675163.

Here's the console output:

# apt-get install --yes makedev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  makedev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
Need to get 24.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 98.3 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 makedev all 2.3.1-93ubuntu2 [24.4 kB]
Fetched 24.4 kB in 0s (96.0 kB/s)
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
Selecting previously unselected package makedev.
(Reading database ... 4046 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../makedev_2.3.1-93ubuntu2_all.deb ...
Unpacking makedev (2.3.1-93ubuntu2) ...
Setting up makedev (2.3.1-93ubuntu2) ...
mknod: mem-: Operation not permitted
makedev mem c 1 1 root kmem 0640: failed
mknod: kmem-: Operation not permitted
makedev kmem c 1 2 root kmem 0640: failed
mknod: null-: Operation not permitted
makedev null c 1 3 root root 0666: failed
mknod: port-: Operation not permitted
makedev port c 1 4 root kmem 0640: failed
mknod: zero-: Operation not permitted
makedev zero c 1 5 root root 0666: failed
mknod: full-: Operation not permitted
makedev full c 1 7 root root 0666: failed
mknod: random-: Operation not permitted
makedev random c 1 8 root root 0666: failed
mknod: urandom-: Operation not permitted
makedev urandom c 1 9 root root 0666: failed
mknod: tty-: Operation not permitted
makedev tty c 5 0 root tty 0666: failed
mknod: ram0-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram0 b 1 0 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram1-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram1 b 1 1 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram2-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram2 b 1 2 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram3-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram3 b 1 3 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram4-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram4 b 1 4 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram5-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram5 b 1 5 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram6-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram6 b 1 6 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram7-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram7 b 1 7 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram8-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram8 b 1 8 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram9-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram9 b 1 9 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram10-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram10 b 1 10 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram11-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram11 b 1 11 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram12-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram12 b 1 12 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram13-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram13 b 1 13 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram14-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram14 b 1 14 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram15-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram15 b 1 15 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: ram16-: Operation not permitted
makedev ram16 b 1 16 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: loop0-: Operation not permitted
makedev loop0 b 7 0 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: loop1-: Operation not permitted
makedev loop1 b 7 1 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: loop2-: Operation not permitted
makedev loop2 b 7 2 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: loop3-: Operation not permitted
makedev loop3 b 7 3 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: loop4-: Operation not permitted
makedev loop4 b 7 4 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: loop5-: Operation not permitted
makedev loop5 b 7 5 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: loop6-: Operation not permitted
makedev loop6 b 7 6 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: loop7-: Operation not permitted
makedev loop7 b 7 7 root disk 0660: failed
mknod: tty0-: Operation not permitted
makedev tty0 c 4 0 root tty 0600: failed
mknod: console-: Operation not permitted
makedev console c 5 1 root tty 0600: failed
/sbin/MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "tty0"
dpkg: error processing package makedev (--configure):
 installed makedev package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 makedev
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Exited with code exit status 100
CircleCI received exit code 100

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

2.3.1-93ubuntu2 as written in the above log

3) What you expected to happen

Installation succeeds without error

4) What happened instead

The above error happens and the installation fails.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.