Bug#37498: glibc: screen fails, w & comsat now reporting /dev/ttydirs/xxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[cowboy@vnet.ibm.com]

Package: glibc
Version: N/A

[badlands:~ 0]$ w
 11:47am  up  1:20,  3 users,  load average: 3.07, 3.43, 3.36
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU  WHAT
root     tty1     localhost         8:56am  2:50m  0.22s  0.14s  bash           
cowboy   ttydirs/ :0.0              8:56am  0.00s 49:54    ?     -

[badlands:~ 0]$ screen
Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/4' - please check.

-- from syslog
May 11 11:46:17 badlands comsat[10313]: '/' in "/dev/ttydirs/xxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux badlands 2.2.7-ac4 #2 Mon May 10 11:21:41 EDT 1999 i586 unknown