Re: um: TTY fixes (?)

From: Karel Zak
Date: Thu Jul 12 2012 - 10:49:59 EST


On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 05:17:19PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 02:20:38PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> > Am 05.06.2012 13:15, schrieb Alan Cox:
> > > Actually I'd prefer a clever solution which can spot all the fds are the
> > > same process so we can keep compatibility but I've not found a sensible
> > > way to do that.
> >
> > Me too.
> >
> > For UML users the current situation is odd.
> > They have to select between:
> > - Having a UML that crashes randomly on some distros.
> > - Applying the TTY fix and break login on every distro that uses util-linux's login.
> > - Applying the TTY fix and patch util-linux too.
>
> I'll follow kernel... so if close-before-vhangup is preferred way
> than I'll modify util-linux login(1). No problem.

I just fixed login(1) and agetty (--hangup option). The change will
be available in util-linux v2.23 (rc1 will be this month).

Karel

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