Re: Minor Changes suggestion [was Re: BUG LIST: 2.2.0pre7]

Paul Schmidt (paul.schmidt@ssa.crane.navy.mil)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:02:29 -0500

I got caught by that one myself; I haven't had any opportunity to use
the 2.1.x kernels during the development cycle like I did with 1.3.x,
and my home system (slackware 3.0 with many updates) was updated from
a 1.2.13 kernel - the /dev directory was still configured for the
1.2 pty assignments, but ran fine on 2.0. Perhaps a note to tell users
who are running 2.0 systems which were updated from 1.2 along the lines
of "If your system originally had a kernel previous to 2.0, be sure your
/dev directory has been updated" would avoid some grief.

"Robert B. Hamilton" wrote:
<snip>
> Speaking of which, I put on my fool's cap once more and realized I still
> have a problem with the deprecated major-4 pty changes mentioned in
> Documentation/Changes. Problem is, it is discussed in the middle of a
> paragraph that begins and ends with the topic of optional Unix98 pty
> stuff. That is very confusing to us teflon-jackets, who will think
> they are somehow related.
>
> So I suggest the minor editorial change in the following patch against
> Changes.
>
> -- Robert (Bullets are Evil) Hamilton
>
> ============================================================
> --- Documentation/Changes Thu Jan 14 12:22:09 1999
> +++ Documentation/Changes Thu Jan 14 12:26:42 1999
> @@ -85,14 +85,15 @@
> compiled under 2.0 or earlier kernels should be replaced with ones
> compiled under 2.1, for example.
>
> - As of 2.1.115, Unix98 pty support was added as an option, and
> -support for the deprecated major 4 /dev/ttyp* devices was removed. If
> -necessary (eg, you get "out of pty" error messages when you obviously
> -are not out of pty's), create major 3 /dev/tty* and major 2 /dev/pty*
> -devices (see Documentation/devices.txt for more information). If you
> -want to use the Unix98 ptys, you should be running at least
> -glibc-2.0.9x, and you must switch completely to Unix98 pty's. The
> -general procedure for configuring Unix98 pty support is:
> + As of 2.1.115, support for the deprecated major 4 /dev/ttyp* devices
> +was removed. If necessary (eg, you get "out of pty" error messages when
> +you obviously are not out of pty's), create major 3 /dev/tty* and major 2
> +/dev/pty* devices (see Documentation/devices.txt for more information).
> +
> + Optional support for Unix98 pty devices has also been added. If you
> +want to use the Unix98 ptys, you should be running at least glibc-2.0.9x,
> +and you must switch completely to Unix98 pty's. The general procedure
> +for configuring Unix98 pty support is:

<snip>

-ps

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