From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265277AbUBIRv0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:51:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265285AbUBIRv0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:51:26 -0500 Received: from dsl-082-083-132-139.arcor-ip.net ([82.83.132.139]:5511 "EHLO server1.intern.kubla.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265277AbUBIRvZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:51:25 -0500 Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 18:51:19 +0100 From: Dominik Kubla To: "Richard B. Johnson" Cc: Nick Craig-Wood , Jamie Lokier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Does anyone still care about BSD ptys? Message-ID: <20040209175119.GC1795@intern.kubla.de> References: <20040209092915.GA11305@axis.demon.co.uk> <20040209124739.GC1738@mail.shareable.org> <20040209134005.GA15739@axis.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 09:00:24AM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:17:27AM +0000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Does anyone still care about old-style BSD ptys, i.e. /dev/pty*? > > Only people who want to log-in from the network..... Of course > you could force a re-write of all the stuff like telnet, adding > another layer of bugs that'll take another N years to find and > remove. What are you talking about? On my system (Debian Sid) there are no BSD pty's (i removed the device nodes) and everything works without even a recompile. Regards, Dominik -- This fortune was brought to you by the people at Hewlett-Packard.