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diff --git a/tags/m/mknod-in-maintainer-script.tag b/tags/m/mknod-in-maintainer-script.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1290c72 --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/m/mknod-in-maintainer-script.tag @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Tag: mknod-in-maintainer-script +Severity: error +Check: maintainer-scripts/mknod +Explanation: Maintainer scripts must not create device files directly. They + should call <code>MAKEDEV</code> instead. + . + If <code>mknod</code> is being used to create a FIFO (named pipe), use + <code>mkfifo</code> instead to avoid triggering this tag. +See-Also: + debian-policy 10.6 |