Re: CVS commit: src/distrib/utils/sysinst

["Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv84%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 18/06/2007, at 21:53, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 09:52:07PM +0200, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> > On 18/06/2007, at 18:58, Juan Romero Pardines wrote:
> >
> > > Module Name:    src
> > > Committed By:   xtraeme
> > > Date:           Mon Jun 18 16:58:42 UTC 2007
> > >
> > > Modified Files:
> > >         src/distrib/utils/sysinst: disks.c
> > >
> > > Log Message:
> > > Mount a ptyfs on /dev/pts by default. I'm committing it because
> > > I did not have any answer for 10 days.
> > >
> > > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-install/2007/06/08/0001.html
> >
> > Should this be accompanied by the removal of COMPAT_BSDPTY from the
> > GENERIC kernels? And the INSTALL ones?
>
> For the INSTALL kernels, it might be OK. But for the generic kernel, I
> don't think it. I bet a number of programs still want to do it  
> manually.

Such as?

I've been running NetBSD systems with ptyfs enabled for years (soon  
after it was introduced, IIRC) and without COMPAT_BSDPTY... and have  
not found any problems so far.

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84%gmail.com@localhost>