From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Feb 11 01:10:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA09674 for bugs-outgoing; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:10:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA09657; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:10:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:10:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199702110910.BAA09657@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Poul-Henning Kamp Subject: Re: bin/777 patch had problems with closed tty... Reply-To: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR bin/777; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Poul-Henning Kamp 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... Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:07:47 +0100 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.