From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Sep 5 13:50:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from nagual.pp.ru (pobrecita.freebsd.ru [194.87.13.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 949ED37B43F for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:50:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ache@localhost) by nagual.pp.ru (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e85Kno072408; Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:49:50 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from ache) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:49:49 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" To: Adrian Penisoara Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/21065: 4.1-STABLE cons25w termcap entry screwed Message-ID: <20000906004948.B72273@nagual.pp.ru> References: <200009051659.JAA15410@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from ady@warpnet.ro on Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:48:29PM +0300 Organization: Biomechanoid Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > 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. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message