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@@ -35,7 +35,17 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
Changes to build and runtime requirements:
- [Add changes to build and runtime requirements here]
+* On Linux, the system administrator needs to configure /dev/pts with
+ the intended access modes for pseudo-terminals. glibc no longer
+ attemps to adjust permissions of terminal devices. The previous glibc
+ defaults ("tty" group, user read/write and group write) already
+ corresponded to what most systems used, so that grantpt did not
+ perform any adjustments.
+
+* On Linux, the posix_openpt and getpt functions no longer attempt to
+ use legacy (BSD) pseudo-terminals and assume that if /dev/ptmx exists
+ (and pseudo-terminals are supported), a devpts file system is mounted
+ on /dev/pts. Current systems already meet these requirements.
Security related changes: