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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: termios'ed getty
To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 11:51:08 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199605072129.XAA11587@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at May 7, 96 11:29:29 pm
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> Bruce reminded me of the ugliness of the V7/oldBSD <-> termios
> conversion code, and of our huge previous problems with the kernel
> equivalent of this.
> 
> So now the US$ 4.99 question: what do people think about completely
> ripping out support for the obsolete V7/oldBSD-style sgtty options in
> getty?  Does anybody know somebody who's really using all these
> f0/f1/f2 flags in gettytab?
> 
> If nobody objects within reasonable time, i consider removing all the
> compat cruft that's no longer needed.

I thought IBCS2 and SCO Xenix binary compatability would require
the code to stay, even if BSD itself no longer used it.

I would recommend *against* ripping it out wholesale.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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