Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:25:49 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/etc.amd64 ttys src/etc/etc.arm ttys src/etc/etc.i386 ttys src/etc/etc.ia64 ttys src/etc/etc.mips ttys src/etc/etc.powerpc ttys src/etc/etc.sparc64 ttys Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0808232024440.49942@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <200808231436.m7NEasMo005071@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200808231436.m7NEasMo005071@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, Ed Schouten wrote: > Remove old BSD-style entries from /etc/ttys and increase pts(4) to 512. > > Because we now use pts(4)-style PTY's exclusively, there is no use for > these entries in /etc/ttys. Right now the pts(4) entries only go from 0 > to 255. Because we're going to touch these files anyway, increase the > number to 511. Won't older pty-using binaries from 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x running with compat parts or old library versions still use old-style ptys, and hence need them in /etc/ttys? Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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