Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:20:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/8105: boot.help behavior is broken Message-ID: <199809301920.MAA13854@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/8105; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/8105: boot.help behavior is broken Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 21:17:33 +0200 (SAT) Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >Description: > > The boot.help text is mistakenly printed multiple times > rather than just once or in response to a specific command. > This causes its text to scroll away other more useful output, > such as the file listing (`?') the user may have just requested, > and there's no way to turn it off. [...] > >Fix: > > Convince Bruce to make the code a one-shot, hoping that a PR > will succeed where previous suggestions have failed. :) A very much better fix is to install btxboot, which doesn't print the help file at all. OK, just kidding. :-) -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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