Trouble with /dev/tty vs. /dev/ttyX

[jmr@everest.radiology.uiowa.edu (Joe Reinhardt)]

Debian potato, Linux davinci 2.2.13 #1 Fri Dec 3 13:33:40 CST 1999
i586 unknown



I was trying to use gpg and got this error:

~ {138}% gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.1; Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.

gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Permission denied



The error occurs from either an xterm or a virtual term.  It looks
like the program is trying to open /dev/tty rather than /dev/ttyX
(e.g., /dev/tty2) -- I don't know why?



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