Re: CVS commit: src/etc

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

christos@ wrote:

> | - If we are going to remove compat pty nodes completely,
> |   why don't we also update all install stuff not implicitly
> |   using those node, i.e. shouldn't we change all install media
> |   to have mount_ptyfs(8) and explicitly mount /dev/pts in /.profile
> |   or /etc/rc scripts?
> 
> We could do that, the ptyfs code is pretty small. I don't think it is a good
> idea to do this for -6. But the postinstall code removes the pty nodes, so
> there should be no security problem.

I'm afraid the postinstall is invoked only on upgrade install.

x86's MAKEDEV scripts still have ipty in all_md and my freshly
installed NetBSD/i386 6.0_RC1 still has /dev/[pt]typ[01] nodes.
Should it be fixed even in netbsd-6?
(in that case we should also fix installimage script to use ptyfs though)

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Izumi Tsutsui