Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 11:50:48 -0600 (CST) From: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> To: phk@ref.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: diskless and 3Com 509 Message-ID: <199503161750.LAA00166@bonkers.taronga.com> In-Reply-To: <199503161721.JAA11807@ref.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Mar 16, 95 09:21:26 am
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> > I've seen a lot of criticism of BSD-derived telnets because you can't use > > them for Q&D smtp or nntp information snarfing because they exit on EOF. > > Apparently USG-derived ones wait for the other end to shut down if stdin > > is a plain file. I'd like some inputs on the pros and cons of copying the > > USG behaviour in this case. > well, go fix it :-) I'm going to. I'm just asking whether people are likely to get on my case about doing so. When I proposed adopting USG behaviour in init on the NetBSD list they got all over me about it being a disgusting System V monstrosity. I'd rather not step on anyone's toes this time around.
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