Re: Unix98 PTY support

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>>>>> "Gene" ==   <ebi@ozob.net> writes:

    Gene> I'll ask it another way: Does anyone know how to force aterm
    Gene> to compile not using Unix98 PTYs.

As far as I know the use of Unix98 PTY's is determined by which libc
variant your using...  If your stuck.... Errr, if your using glibc
2.1.* then make sure the PTS filesystem is there...

add the line

none           /dev/pts        devpts  gid=5,mode=0620 0       0

to your /etc/fstab and make sure the mount point /dev/pts exists.

Otherwise, in my experience, the openpty() call will fail every
time... (Backwards PTY compatibility my butt... :)  There is a Unix98
PTY faq out there, Search The Web...

HTH HAND

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