Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:07:47 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: asami@cs.berkeley.edu, freebsd-gnats-submit@freefall.FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bin/777 patch had problems with closed tty... Message-ID: <14905.855652067@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Feb 1997 00:30:02 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970211002604.24299g-100000@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970211002604.24299g-100000@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>, 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.
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