* Paul Schenkeveld <fb-hack...@psconsult.nl> wrote: > Or change 'pts' to, for example, 'pt' so without changing utmp and > related stuff we'll have space for a four digit pty number.
I've noticed lots of apps already misbehave because of the pty(4) ->
pts(4) migration. I guess using a new naming scheme would totally break
stuff. There are lots of apps that do things like:
if (strncmp(tty, "tty", 3) != 0 && strncmp(tty, "pts/", 4) != 0)
printf("Not a valid pseudo-terminal!\n");
But those are just workarounds. Our utmp format is broken anyway. It's
not just UT_LINESIZE that's too small. I think we received many
complaints from people who want to increase UT_HOSTSIZE as well.
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Ed Schouten <e...@80386.nl>
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