Re: strange problems with k2.2.11 / glibc 2.1 / xterm (xfree86 3.3.4)

Marcus Meissner (Marcus.Meissner@caldera.de)
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:48:52 +0200


> damon ttyp2ric :0.0 8:08am 0.00s 29.48s ? -
> damon ttyp2ric|Generic VT entries Aug 26 08:08
> damon ttyp1ric|Gen :0.0 Thu Aug 26 08:03 still logged in

> i'm going to try recompiling glibc2 next, just in case... though glibc-2.1
> should be ok, shouldn't it? (that's what i have right now - compiling

It is a glibc problem probably. ttyname() was doing a readlink(2) and
did not \0 terminate the resulting buffer. -> upgrade to newer glibc.

Ciao, Marcus

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