Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:49:23 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: test/review: /dev/console logging patch Message-ID: <26100.977122163@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 17 Dec 2000 22:45:38 PST." <3A3DB292.B297D5C2@gorean.org>
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In message <3A3DB292.B297D5C2@gorean.org>, Doug Barton writes: >> >The '.'s are simple and not too cluttery. Fixing the console to line buffer >> >what it sends to log(9) is a better fix, IMO. >> >> I specifically decided not to do this because I want to be able to >> see stuff like: >> >> echo -n "Press return to avoid disaster: " > /dev/console >> read < /dev/console >> >> Of course one could add timeouts and what's not, but then imagine >> the case of two programs writing on /dev/console at the same time... > > *nod* I wasn't sure that the buffering was the best suggestion, which >is why I preferred making the messages from /etc/rc* more meaningful. :) Just for the record: There is no support for green "OK" messages in my patch :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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