Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 13:20:53 -0700 From: uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com To: freebsd-bugs Subject: bin/325: boot -s SH is confused by BACKSPACE <> 0x08 FDIV019 Message-ID: <199504092020.NAA01443@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 9 Apr 95 13:58 CDT <m0ry2BW-0004upC@nemesis.lonestar.org>
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>Number: 325 >Category: bin >Synopsis: boot -s SH is confused by BACKSPACE <> 0x08 FDIV019 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list) >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Apr 9 13:20:51 1995 >Originator: Frank Durda IV >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.0.0-SNAP950322 i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.0.0-SNAP950322 i386 >Description: [FDIV019] When you tell the system to boot -s, it comes up and says: Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: If you press RETURN, you get: erase *, kill ^U, intr ^C where * is a symbol that looks like a stick drawing of a house. This is yet-another symptom of erase not being set to ^H and the BACKSPACE key not generating ^H and programs not coping with it. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Return erase character to being 0x08 and make the BACKSPACE key produce a 0x08. *END* >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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