/dev/null doesn't get created

[Derek Tattersall]

CURRENT as of this morning dint'create /dev/null.  My previous
CURRENT, from July 25 created it fine so all was well.Can anybody
offer me a clue as to what this is all about?  I tried to figure out
what causes /dev/null to get created, but was unsuccessful.

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