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Re: debian-installer - debconf and /dev/vc/0



On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 05:45:42PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> why does any script which want to run a programm reopen /dev/vc/0?
> this makes it really impossible to let it run over serial line or 3270
> terminals. also it isn't possible to use /dev/tty.

Because BusyBox 1:0.60.4-1.1 init doesn't allocate a controlling
terminal for respawn entries, so /dev/tty does not work.  Once 0.60.5
is uploaded, this will be fixed and we can go back to using /dev/tty.

Matt



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