From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Nov 27 14:41:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from beastie.mckusick.com (beastie.mckusick.com [209.31.233.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A9837B4C5 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:41:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from beastie.mckusick.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beastie.mckusick.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA93364; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:41:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com) Message-Id: <200011272241.OAA93364@beastie.mckusick.com> To: Jordan Hubbard Subject: Re: Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro: erase2 patch (was: 4.2-RELEASE ISO image for x86 updated.) Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:08:45 PST." <52694.975362925@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:41:05 -0800 From: Kirk McKusick Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When we first implemented termios at CSRG, we had an erase2 character. Mike Karels was vehemently opposed to it, and insisted that it be deleted before we did our next release (4.3-tahoe if I remember correctly). I am of the opinion that it is a good idea, and should be there. I do not believe that we need/want a general aliasing facility as erase is really the only character for which there is widespead disagreement over which character to use. So, my take would be to add erase2 and be done with it. Kirk McKusick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message