Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de> writes:

> Um... one reason there was a "." in there was that the MAKEDEV script
> may not always run under NetBSD, but sometimes also under some other
> machine setting up an environment for a netboot. at least for ultrix and
> sunos, I'm not sure if the can cope with your change.

Do people actually USE this script on SunOS or Ultrix though?  If not,
why keep it around?

This is somewhat akin to the "don't use gcc features that will break
Ultrix based compiles" but at least has less silliness :)

--Michael