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On 2007-10-02 15:41, Vlad GALU <dudu@dudu.ro> wrote:
> On 10/2/07, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> wrote:
> > "Vlad GALU" <dudu@dudu.ro> writes:
> > > The symptoms were exhibited even with rev. 1.16. I've CC'ed him so
> > > he can catch up with the thread.
> >
> > Which symptoms?  I can no longer reproduce the hang-on-close bug.
>
> Strangely enough, me neither. In his case, allocated pts' wouldn't
> get deallocated once the sessions ended.

There was an old bug, which caused pts consumers to get stuck in
"devdrn".  This has been fixed, AFAICT, a long time ago.  At least, I
can't reproduce it any more with the usual tests:

  * Closing xterm windows.

  * Closing telnet sessions.

  * Exiting from screen(1) windows.