Re: [2.6.16rc2] compile error

[Nick]

> You are hit be an outstanding issue with -rc1 + rc2.
> When you build as root you will alter /dev/null and in your case it
> became a regular file.
>
> Recreate /dev/null and build as normal user for now.
> You can apply patch below to fix it - will be in next -rc.

Although this is fixed, can/should /dev/null be made immutable?  I
presume the whole system relies on it...

Nick
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