From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262784AbUCJTY2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:24:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262792AbUCJTY2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:24:28 -0500 Received: from holomorphy.com ([207.189.100.168]:41229 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262784AbUCJTYZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:24:25 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:24:15 -0800 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Miek Gieben Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: pts/X counts on Message-ID: <20040310192415.GL655@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Miek Gieben , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040310190902.GA2226@atoom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040310190902.GA2226@atoom.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 08:09:02PM +0100, Miek Gieben wrote: > It just counts on.... > I'm using devfs on 2.6.4-rc3, I first noticed this in 2.6.3. > (all 2.6.4-rcX have it), > Does anybody know why this is happening? This change in behavior was intentional. It should not affect your applications. The change was part of a patch that made pty's completely dynamic. -- wli