Bug#703592: /dev/console vs. mesg(1) in recovery mode

[jidanni@jidanni.org]

Package: src:linux
Version: 3.2.39-2
Severity: minor

At boot choose recovery mode,
'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-486 (recovery mode)'

Type the root password, then in the shell that appears, type
# mesg y

This will cause
mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty'

Note I did this on a root account with no dot files ... vanilla
installation.

Versions of packages linux-image-3.2.0-4-486 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                   1.5.49
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.109
ii  kmod                                    9-2
ii  linux-base                              3.5
ii  module-init-tools                       9-2