buildbot: ./configure: line 27: /dev/null: Permission denied

[Blair Zajac]

On 10/07/2012 03:09 PM, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
>> How does gcc, running as the macports user, have permission to modify
>> /dev anyway?
>
> On my Snow Leopard box, its permissions seem to allow overwriting:
>   crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel       3,   2 Oct  7 18:01 null
>
> Not familiar with "c" mode though, only recall t/s/S

c means its a character device.  'd' is there for directory, 'l' for 
symlink, 'b' for block device:

$ ls -l /dev/disk0
brw-r----- 1 root operator 14, 0 Oct  1 00:45 /dev/disk0

Blair