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Date:      Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:01:42 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, "Studded" <Studded@gorean.org>, "bugs@FreeBSD.ORG" <bugs@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: No terminal echo after certain commands 
Message-ID:  <27154.908953302@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:15:26 MDT." <4.1.19981020191142.06b355b0@mail.lariat.org> 

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In message <4.1.19981020191142.06b355b0@mail.lariat.org>, Brett Glass writes:
>At 08:57 PM 10/20/98 -0400, Steve Friedrich wrote:
> 
>>It REALLY shouldn't be fixed.  It is important to keep INTR handling to
>>the minimum possible exit code possible. Adding "clean-up" code will
>>add potential that programs will "hang" in this clean up code and INTR
>>will no longer work all the time for that program.  
>
>It's possible that anything programmed badly will hang. However, failure
>to return the console to usability after a quick exit is not optional.
>Otherwise, it does no good to make a quick exit.

Ok: can it!

 move this stuff to -chat or kill it.


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Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
"ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal

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