Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:26:15 +0300 From: Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recent TTYDEF_LFLAG default change Message-ID: <20041103112615.GA13218@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <16246.1099480832@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20041103111813.GB13047@nagual.pp.ru> <16246.1099480832@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 12:20:32PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >Well, use TTYDEF_LFLAG_NOECHO I suggest for that case and leave > >user-visible default untouched to not break userland programs. > > How many pieces of software know about TTYDEF_* outside our sourcecode ? > > Most of it would be bogus I think, software should record the current > state and restore that, not mangle it with defaults. Some tty/pty-emulators can (in spirit of screen). It is not ours, it is common BSD thing. Better to not make surprises and harden porter's job here, really, without a reason. Inside kernel you can do anything you want using TTYDEF_LFLAG_NOECHO. -- http://ache.pp.ru/
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