In message <29087.62.3.32.33.1089889099.squirrel_at_www.kerneled.org>, samy_at_kernel ed.org writes: >The changes committed with revision 1.127 of tty_pty.c and the appropriate >changes to the ttycom.h file remove the TIOCREMOTE ioctl. The commit >message was as follows: > "It was added 22 years ago for emacs to use, but emacs gave up on it > it 17 years ago." > >Ignoring the fact that many operating systems have TIOCREMOTE implemented >(meaning, FreeBSD provides a nice new portability issue for now and the >unknowing future), several ports are *already* broken due to this. I'm only aware of two ? And I'm currently investigating them. >This ioctl is widely implemented, and even though not a fad of any >sort, it is used where it should be. The functionality it provides is >of use. I think it would be feasible if someone was to roll-back the >both sys/ttycom.h and kern/tty_pty.c Please provide better evidence of current usage. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_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.Received on Thu Jul 15 2004 - 09:10:42 UTC
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