From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 11 01:05:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA09400 for current-outgoing; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:05:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA09394 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:05:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from schizo.dk.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0vuE9K-0003xhC; Tue, 11 Feb 97 01:05 PST Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (critter.dk.tfs.com [140.145.230.252]) by schizo.dk.tfs.com (8.8.2/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA23369; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:05:06 +0100 (MET) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.dk.tfs.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id KAA14907; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:07:47 +0100 (MET) To: John-Mark Gurney cc: asami@cs.berkeley.edu, freebsd-gnats-submit@freefall.FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: bin/777 patch had problems with closed tty... In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Feb 1997 00:30:02 PST." Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:07:47 +0100 Message-ID: <14905.855652067@critter.dk.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message , J ohn-Mark Gurney writes: >well... I finally found the problem with this bug... it seems that the ask >routine will default to a cr if there is an error on the read (i.e. >eof)... so it defaults to "not skip this patch"... because you didn't >skip the stdin it tries it again and again... > >so the only way to EASILY resolve this bug it to make the default for the >question to be yes, skip this patch.... > >comments? is it ok if we change the default?? Yes, it's consistent with POLA. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.