Comment 15 for bug 20573

On Jul 11, Matthew Wilcox <email address hidden> wrote:

> But ... makedev is Priority: required, even in sid. And Policy says
> that removing a package marked as required "may cause your system to
> become totally broken and you may not even be able to use dpkg to put
> things back, so only do so if you know what you are doing". udev is
> still merely optional.
It's time to start making the changes needed in a world where makedev is
optional and udev is required.

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ciao,
Marco