Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:40:46 +0300 (EEST) From: Adrian Penisoara <ady@warpnet.ro> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: imp@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/21065: 4.1-STABLE cons25w termcap entry screwed Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10009060935140.16388-100000@ady.warpnet.ro> In-Reply-To: <20000906004948.B72273@nagual.pp.ru>
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Hi, On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:48:29PM +0300, Adrian Penisoara wrote: > > > Apparently you not log in from the same kernel's console as you report. > > > > Yes. Does that mean that all non 4.1-STABLE machines are left in the > > cold when it comes to log into a 4.1-STABLE system from them ?!? Is > > updating /usr/share/misc/termcap to the version in the -stable tree > > sufficient to make things work between 3.x and -stable machines ? > > It is impossible to fix termcap bugs AND stays compatible in the same > time, since compatible variant IS buggy. There is workaround exists - for > older clients put old termcap copy into ~/.termcap. Fixing old machines will break themselves :-) so we have an infinite loop... Maybe there should be implemented a versioning system for the termcap entries :) (now wouldn't that be cool). > > > This should have been _at least_ documented if not brought into attention > > with a HEADS UP meessage on the appropiate lists... > > Some sort of warning was in the related commit messages. Putting it into > src/UPDATING is good idea too, but my English is not good enough for that. Well, I spotted the UPDATING meister, it's imp (sorry, no complete name); CC'ed to him (hint: the problem described in the PR is manifesting _only_ when connecting from a "older" machine's console to a "new" system). Ady (@freebsd.ady.ro) > > -- > Andrey A. Chernov > <ache@nagual.pp.ru> > http://ache.pp.ru/ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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