On Fri, 2016-11-25 at 18:54 +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > On Nov 20, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote: > > > > This is not needed at all from Linux 4.7. The open operation on > > > /dev/ptmx automatically looks up the sibling pts/ directory. (Also, > > > every mount of devpts is a 'new instance'.) > > > > > > It seems to me that the change in debootstrap ought to be reverted, as > > > it will not be needed in future and it is causing problems for existing > > > configurations. > > > > Adding Marco to the loop. > > setup_devices_simple() could be easily modified to create /dev/ptmx with > mknod instead of the current symlink. > While this would solve this problem, it would also break again > debootstrap in containers (which was discussed in different bugs), so > I am not sure if it is a good idea. The temporary workaround with /dev/ptmx could be made optional. It's not OK to break the previously working configurations. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein
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