From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Oct 20 18:16:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA26915 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 18:16:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA26910 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 18:16:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id TAA08819; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:15:40 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.1.19981020191142.06b355b0@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:15:26 -0600 To: "Steve Friedrich" , "Studded" From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: No terminal echo after certain commands Cc: "bugs@FreeBSD.ORG" In-Reply-To: <199810210058.UAA30643@laker.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:57 PM 10/20/98 -0400, Steve Friedrich wrote: >It REALLY shouldn't be fixed. It is important to keep INTR handling to >the minimum possible exit code possible. Adding "clean-up" code will >add potential that programs will "hang" in this clean up code and INTR >will no longer work all the time for that program. It's possible that anything programmed badly will hang. However, failure to return the console to usability after a quick exit is not optional. Otherwise, it does no good to make a quick exit. >This is all caused >by someone who doesn't understand UNIX signals and what they were >designed for. Sorry, but you're not only insulting but wrong. I've been using UNIX since 1977. >I'd bet he is a current or former DOS or Winblows user >who developed this bad habit there. You're arguing ad hominem. Which is especially dangerous when you have no idea whom you're talking about. Again, ANY way of interrupting a program shouldn't leave the console unusable. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message