Re: devfs patch v38 available

Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:38:51 -0400 (EDT)

On 25 Jun 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > - Removed ttyname-patch (grab libc 5.4.44 instead)
> >
>
> What happened in libc 5.4.44?

I can answer that; according to the DEVFS FAQ, it was patched to allow
ttyname(3) to work correctly with devfs for programs that uses the ttySx
interfaces. HTH.

Cheers,
Alex

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