Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:10:03 -0800 (PST) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/777 patch had problems with closed tty... Message-ID: <199702110910.BAA09657@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/777; it has been noted by GNATS.
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...
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:07:47 +0100
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.
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