Subject: install/31879: postinstall should check for /dev/bpf
To: None <install-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/21/2005 00:32:00
>Number:         31879
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       postinstall should check for /dev/bpf
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 21 00:32:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
>Release:        NetBSD 3.0_BETA, sources from October 20, 2005
>Organization:
Wasabi Systems
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lilkev 3.0_BETA NetBSD 3.0_BETA (_littlekev_)
  #0: Fri Oct 21 00:27:47 EST 2005 
  simonb@lilkev:/.../i386/compile/_littlekev_ i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
	Upon upgrading a 2.99.something box to 3.0 BETA by extracting
	the sets by hand and then running postinstall and it reporting
	no problems, things like dhclient fail to work because there's
	no /dev/bpf device, only the old /dev/bpf{0,1,2,...} devices.
	Running "cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV bpf" fixes this, but it would be
	nice if postinstall checked and reported on this.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Upgrade a pre-cloning bpf box to (say) NetBSD 3.0 BETA.

>Fix:
	None given.