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Re: [PATCH][BZ #14516] Don't make ttyname fail if procfs isunavailable


On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:10:11 -0400, Carlos wrote:
> This is a change in behaviour though and you should write a NEWS
> entry for this e.g.

OK, how about this:

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e16618f..68d3223 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Version 2.17
   New configure option --disable-build-nscd avoids building nscd itself;
   this is the default if --disable-nscd is used.
 
+* The ttyname function on Linux now falls back to searching for the tty file
+  descriptor in /dev/pts or /dev if /proc is not available. This allows
+  creations of chroots without the procfs mounted on /proc.
+
 
 Version 2.16
 


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