Re: pty is preferred instead of pts.

2013-11-27 Thread Mats Erik Andersson
onsdag den 27 november 2013 klockan 23:24 skrev Robert Millan detta: > On 27/11/2013 19:14, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: > > I have observed that GNU/kFreeBSD with kernel 9.0-2 > > returns master descriptors from the depreciated pty(4) > > when calling forkpty(3), not from the expected pts(4), > > wh

Re: pty is preferred instead of pts.

2013-11-27 Thread Robert Millan
On 27/11/2013 19:14, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: > I have observed that GNU/kFreeBSD with kernel 9.0-2 > returns master descriptors from the depreciated pty(4) > when calling forkpty(3), not from the expected pts(4), > which is the case for FreeBSD proper as well as > GNU/Linux. Why and how does thi

pty is preferred instead of pts.

2013-11-27 Thread Mats Erik Andersson
Dear all, I have observed that GNU/kFreeBSD with kernel 9.0-2 returns master descriptors from the depreciated pty(4) when calling forkpty(3), not from the expected pts(4), which is the case for FreeBSD proper as well as GNU/Linux. Why and how does this come about? One negative aspect of this is th