Re: device nodes with udev?
md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) writes:
>> I presume that default kernels need legacy ptys to support older systems
>> that don't use udev, right?
>
> Wrong. Nothing needs BSD ptys but some *very* old applications (I would
> not even know where to find one).
I was thinking about the case where someone has a (very old) static /dev
and simply never bothered to add /dev/pts (though I don't know if such a
configuration would even work in a modern debian).
In any case, does anyone else know if there are really such old
applications still around?
-Miles
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