* Re: tty consideration
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@ 2009-02-03 17:15 ` Daniel Lezcano
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From: Daniel Lezcano @ 2009-02-03 17:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dietmar Maurer, Linux Containers
Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> Another tty problem arises from the implementation of sysv-init/upstart.
> Let me explain:
>
> sysv-init uses /dev/console (or ENV[CONSOLE]), and randomly close/reopen
> that device.
>
> upstart also uses /dev/console, and also randomly close/reopen that
> device.
>
> So far no problem, until udevd is started. udevd rewrites /dev with
> reasonable defaults.
>
> This has the side effect that your tty handling does no longer work.
>
> Ok, you will argue now that it does not make sense to start udev inside
> a container. While this is true, it is incredible difficult to avoid
> udev startup, because newer distributions have many dependencies on that
> package.
>
Good catch !
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