diff -burN miscutils/makedevs.c miscutils/makedevs.c
--- miscutils/makedevs.c	2007-03-18 17:59:34.000000000 +0100
+++ miscutils/makedevs.c	2007-05-13 19:51:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("root directory not specified");
 	}
 
-	xchdir(rootdir);
+	/* I don't know what this line has lost here?
+	xchdir(rootdir); */
 
 	umask(0);