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SubjectRe: 2.6-test4 Traditional pty and devfs
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:43:40AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > That's the magic use uid/gid of the process calling devfs_Register flag
> > I killed. With a big HEADSUP and explanation on lkml..
>
> So what is the impact here? That libc5 will break if the user is using
> devfs and old-style pty's?

If he removed the pt_chown logic that is present with a stock libc5,
yes. I wouldn't know why someone would do that, though.

That's why I'm really keen on knowing how the system of the bugreporter
looks - this shouldn't happen without a very strange setup.
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On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:43:40AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > That's the magic use uid/gid of the process calling devfs_Register flag
> > I killed. With a big HEADSUP and explanation on lkml..
>
> So what is the impact here? That libc5 will break if the user is using
> devfs and old-style pty's?

If he removed the pt_chown logic that is present with a stock libc5,
yes. I wouldn't know why someone would do that, though.

That's why I'm really keen on knowing how the system of the bugreporter
looks - this shouldn't happen without a very strange setup.
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