This patch, put together by Manuel Novoa III, is a merge of work
done by Evin Robertson (bug#1105) and work from Manuel to make
usage messages occupy less space and simplify how usage messages
are displayed.
diff --git a/miscutils/makedevs.c b/miscutils/makedevs.c
index f979871..eed3968 100644
--- a/miscutils/makedevs.c
+++ b/miscutils/makedevs.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	char buf[255];
 
 	if (argc < 7 || *argv[1]=='-')
-		usage(makedevs_usage);
+		show_usage();
 
 	switch (type[0]) {
 	case 'c':
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 		mode = S_IFIFO;
 		break;
 	default:
-		usage(makedevs_usage);
+		show_usage();
 	}
 	mode |= 0660;