Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] grantpt: only build pt_chown when needed

2011-10-20 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Eric, > 2011-10-19 Eric Blake > > + grantpt: only build pt_chown when needed > + * modules/pt_chown: Delete, merging into... > + * modules/grantpt: ...its sole user. Make building of pt_chown > + depend on an automake conditional. > + * gnulib-tool (func_get_automake_s

[PATCHv2 1/2] grantpt: only build pt_chown when needed

2011-10-19 Thread Eric Blake
Any platform (like Linux) that already has a working grantpt() does not need the headache of a pt_chown helper app. There's no point in offering pt_chown as a separate module, since the application has to be installed setuid to be useful, and even then, it is only useful to grantpt(). Distributin