Remark that the script should be called by the super-user; mention

/etc/MAKEDEV.local; and add DIAGNOSTICS and HISTORY sections.
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.\" $NetBSD: MAKEDEV.8.template,v 1.1 2001/04/16 08:08:19 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: MAKEDEV.8.template,v 1.2 2002/03/14 01:33:27 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar special Op Ar ...
.Pp
.Nm
.Ar device Op Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
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and must be called from the
.Pa /dev
directory.
For the creation of the devices,
.Xr mknod 8
is used, which can only be used for creating devices by the
super-user.
.Pp
The special targets supported on
.Nx Ns / Ns @@@ARCH@@@
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.Pp
@@@DEVICES@@@
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/dev/MAKEDEV" -compact
.Bl -tag -width "/dev/MAKEDEV.local" -compact
.It Pa /dev
special device files directory
.It Pa /dev/MAKEDEV
script described in this man page
.It Pa /dev/MAKEDEV.local
script for site specific devices
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
If the script reports an error that is difficult to understand,
you can get more debugging output by using
.Dl Ic sh Fl x Ar MAKEDEV Ar argument .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr config 8 ,
.Xr mknod 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
.Sh BUGS
This man page is generated automatically from the same sources
as