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Date:      Wed, 6 Jun 2018 11:36:29 +0200
From:      Ed Schouten <ed@nuxi.nl>
To:        "Timur I. Bakeyev" <timur@com.bat.ru>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>,  Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, Alan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>,  Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz>
Subject:   Re: Odd w/who behavior for the last 12 years
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Hi Timur,

2018-05-28 5:26 GMT+02:00 Timur I. Bakeyev <timur@com.bat.ru>:
> So I propose to remove the said patch(or make it verify only "pts/"
> devices). any objections?

Sounds good! Changes like the ones made in r155875 were simply
workarounds to deal with processes silly enough not to write
DEAD_PROCESS entries. Instead of patching up w, wall, who, etc. we
should spend effort to fix these problems at the root instead.

Be sure to cc me on code reviews!

-- 
Ed Schouten <ed@nuxi.nl>
Nuxi, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands



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