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

jumeaux lists (lists@jumeaux.bc.ca)
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:23:13 -0700 (PDT)

> > 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.

this was indeed the problem. upgrading to glibc-2.1.1 fixed it quite
handily. i suppose i should've gone with my gut feeling and tried this
before i posted ... i think i just subconsciously remember the first time
i did a major library upgrade and ended up with no libc.so... and didn't
know about sln. ;)

thanks to everyone who responded!

-damon

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