Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:22:36 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Devin Teske <dteske@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r241701 - in head/usr.sbin/bsdconfig: . include share Message-ID: <D15CE1CB-E484-4C46-8304-60437EFEBC7D@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <20121019055442.GA9108@FreeBSD.org> References: <201210181843.q9IIhs6N099621@svn.freebsd.org> <20121019055442.GA9108@FreeBSD.org>
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On Oct 18, 2012, at 10:54 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 06:43:54PM +0000, Devin Teske wrote: >> NOTE: In FreeBSD-9 and higher, dialog(1) does not support the F1 hook, so >> the mechanism for providing help to the user had to be changed to a butt= on. >=20 > How come that new dialog(1) lacks functionality of the old one? >=20 SVN r217309 brought in cdialog to replace our the [unmaintained] dialog. cdialog is different, but mostly compatible with its predecessor. The benefits of cdialog far out-weigh the few problems that were reported (= and then quickly fixed). Most importantly, cdialog is actively maintained while its predecessor (in = FreeBSD-8.x and older) is not. --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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