/dev/console, /dev/tty (Re: Bug#126370: installer issues on "real" terminals)
Can someone please clear up what "/dev/console" and "/dev/tty" are?
I think that "/dev/console" is always the foreground virtual console,
and that "/dev/tty" is always the process's controlling terminal. Is
that correct? If that's the case, or if it's something like that,
then these are the device names that need to be used for the
"base-config", right?
Then the problem may arise where the user will switch virtual
consoles and log in, and the program running on the first VT will
refresh or redraw it's screen, and that output will appear on top of
the user's current VT rather than on the first one.
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