From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Dec 9 06:50:03 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA05985 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 06:50:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA05978; Mon, 9 Dec 1996 06:50:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 06:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199612091450.GAA05978@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Garrett Wollman Subject: bin/1037 Reply-To: Garrett Wollman Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR bin/1037; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman To: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: bin/1037 Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 09:43:04 -0500 < [1] wollman@lcs.mit.edu then said: > [1]This is because the TELNET in 1.x had a broken LINEMODE. 2.x has a > [1]working LINEMODE, but this is sometimes not what programs expect. > Hmm, this logic isn't obvious to me. It seems the goal is to have > the telnet session provide functionality identical of what you get > at the console or at any serial/dialup port. I don't understand > why "working" means to break what seems to be a basic compatibility > function of character I/O. ``Working'' in the quoted sentence means ``implemented according to the standard''. The brokenness in 1.x was so bad that we simply disabled it. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick