HEADSUP: pcvt(4) going away

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 08:49:27 +0200
pcvt will be going away in order to make room for the rework of
the /dev/console and tty unlocking that has been taking far too
long to happen.

As far as I can tell, pcvt hasn't worked for a very long time,
and nobody has shown any inclination to fix it or to assist
with the necessary structural changes to keep it compatible
with -current.

In these days and times, most people who care about the sematics
of the video presentation run X11 anyway.

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Received on Wed May 17 2006 - 04:49:30 UTC

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