mknod-in-maintainer-script
Maintainer scripts must not create device files directly. They
should call MAKEDEV instead.
If mknod is being used to create a FIFO (named pipe), use
mkfifo instead to avoid triggering this tag.
| Severity: | error |
| Experimental: | false |
See also
Device files (Section 10.6) in the Debian Policy Manual
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