From: Philip Perucci (dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil)
Date: 02/15/93


From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci)
Subject: Re: What does "job control requires tty" mean?
Date: 15 Feb 1993 17:14:22 GMT

In article <1lns69INN31t@uwm.edu> rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller, Linux Device Registrar) writes:
>Ever since I installed Hong Jiu Lu's 0.99.2 root/base/gcc/lib-disks, I've
>been seeing this message whenever I run a shell-script or even "make":
>
> job control requires tty
>
>Most things have been working fine, but the fact that this happens during
>a "make" really has me nervous... What does it *mean*? How can I fix this
>problem and get rid of this annoying message?
>
>Rick Miller <rick@ee.uwm.edu> | <rick@discus.mil.wi.us> Ricxjo Muelisto
>Occupation: Husband, Father, WEPCo. WAN Mgr., Discus Sys0p, and Linux fan

Sounds like your /bin/sh is a symlink to ksh.
The message is harmless.

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