Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:51:38 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changes to -CURRENT tty Message-ID: <87myik3hid.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <18626.57979.47538.600734@jerusalem.litteratus.org> (Robert Huff's message of "Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:05:15 -0400") References: <18626.57979.47538.600734@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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--=-=-= On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 16:05:15 -0400, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: > (Yes, I'm on current@ ... in digest mode. Besides others may be > interested.) > > The 20080820 entry in /usr/src/UPDATING concerns a substantial change > to the tty subsystem. Assuming I'm not trying anything fancy, and > that I edit out the not-yet-updated devices, may I reasonably assume > updating kernel+world will not break anything? Since you are running -CURRENT, it is worth keeping in mind that there is no guarantee that the 'head' branch is stable enough for anything. So _you_ are the one who has to pick up the pieces and reassemble a working system if you update at the 'wrong time'. Having said that I'm running a kernel+userland with the new tty code on my laptop for a couple of weeks now. Other than a minor annoyance with screen, which was fixed by Ed already, I haven't noticed anything that seems seriously broken. The new tty layer was committed by Ed Schouten at 2008-08-20, and I've updated my kernel and userland more than 20 times since that time. The new tty code seems to work so far :) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjDJaIACgkQ1g+UGjGGA7au+gCgjjDZ8DxI7rEJIdC0RELVqOFi WEsAniQizf9fcXQ6BXQy0ZVsubTc9XmP =Fg/m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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