ttyname() and linux+devfs

[Matthias Urlichs]

In dist.glibc, article <909753268.29893@noris.de>,
  Kenneth Johansson <erakeon@kieray1.p.y.ki.era.ericsson.se> writes:
> 
> That could explain why I dont get the thing to run I dont have a /proc. What
> would happen if i dont have /proc.

You lose, ttyname() fails. The same happens now if you dynamically create
the device files for your tty in /tmp.

That's not a normal case under Linux. Startup environments or embedded
minimal environments don't need ttyname(), IMHO.

Or alternately we could fall back on the old method.

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