Source: makedev Section: admin Priority: optional Maintainer: Guilherme de Paula Xavier Segundo Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13) Standards-Version: 4.6.0 Rules-Requires-Root: binary-targets Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/makedev Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/makedev.git Package: makedev Architecture: all Depends: base-passwd (>= 3.0.4), ${misc:Depends} Conflicts: udev (<= 0.024-7) Multi-Arch: foreign Description: creates device files in /dev The MAKEDEV executable is used to create device files, often in /dev. . Device files are special files through which applications can interact with hardware. . This package is not necessary for most modern Linux systems, where the udev subsystem provides a more dynamic mechanism for device file management.