At 16:03 -0700 1999-05-09, Guy Maor wrote:
Chris Waters <xtifr@dsp.net> writes:This seems like *such* an obvious solution to so many problems that I find myself perplexed why this hasn't done before, by others.Because it requires glibc 2.1 and kernel 2.2.
That is not correct, the UNIX98 pty interface in glibc 2.1 does not require a 2.2 kernel. grantpt() can use BSD ptys and the pt_chown program in the absence of kernel support for UNIX98 ptys.
-- Joel Klecker (aka Espy) Debian GNU/Linux Developer <URL:mailto:jk@espy.org> <URL:mailto:espy@debian.org> <URL:http://web.espy.org/> <URL:http://www.debian.org/>