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.

-- 
Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>