From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 7 00:52:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B28106569C for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:52:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C18B8FC31 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:52:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl57-66.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.184.66]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id m870pmdG016271 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 7 Sep 2008 03:51:54 +0300 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m870pmIu002689; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 03:51:48 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m870pk3G002688; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 03:51:46 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Robert Huff References: <18626.57979.47538.600734@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:51:38 +0300 In-Reply-To: <18626.57979.47538.600734@jerusalem.litteratus.org> (Robert Huff's message of "Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:05:15 -0400") Message-ID: <87myik3hid.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-MailScanner-ID: m870pmdG016271 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.84, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.56, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changes to -CURRENT tty X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:52:03 -0000 --=-=-= On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:05:15 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > (Yes, I'm on current@ ... in digest mode. Besides others may be > interested.) > > The 20080820 entry in /usr/src/UPDATING concerns a substantial change > to the tty subsystem. Assuming I'm not trying anything fancy, and > that I edit out the not-yet-updated devices, may I reasonably assume > updating kernel+world will not break anything? Since you are running -CURRENT, it is worth keeping in mind that there is no guarantee that the 'head' branch is stable enough for anything. So _you_ are the one who has to pick up the pieces and reassemble a working system if you update at the 'wrong time'. Having said that I'm running a kernel+userland with the new tty code on my laptop for a couple of weeks now. Other than a minor annoyance with screen, which was fixed by Ed already, I haven't noticed anything that seems seriously broken. The new tty layer was committed by Ed Schouten at 2008-08-20, and I've updated my kernel and userland more than 20 times since that time. The new tty code seems to work so far :) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjDJaIACgkQ1g+UGjGGA7au+gCgjjDZ8DxI7rEJIdC0RELVqOFi WEsAniQizf9fcXQ6BXQy0ZVsubTc9XmP =Fg/m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--