From 1f33f6e66f4c8249fd369339e82ac3249cf5234d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: apb <apb@NetBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:08:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Test whether pax works; if not, fall back to mknod. This is
 intended for use on install media that might not have pax.

---
 etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl b/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl
index 722b281d63e7..54695782e2e3 100644
--- a/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl
+++ b/etc/MAKEDEV.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
-#	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV.tmpl,v 1.82 2007/03/11 15:52:30 apb Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: MAKEDEV.tmpl,v 1.83 2007/03/11 16:08:11 apb Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2003,2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -371,7 +371,12 @@ setup()
 			opts="${opts} -m ${OPTARG}"
 			;;
 		p)	TOOL_PAX="${OPTARG}"
-			do_pax=true
+			if ( echo "" | "${TOOL_PAX}" -w -M ); then
+				do_pax=true
+			else
+				warn "Ignored -p option:" \
+					"${TOOL_PAX} is missing or broken"
+			fi
 			;;
 		s)	do_specfile=true
 			opts="${opts} -s"