Re: bin/51556: less(1) generates SIGTTOU if lacking a controlling terminal

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

The following reply was made to PR bin/51556; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/51556: less(1) generates SIGTTOU if lacking a controlling terminal
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 06:17:47 +0000 (UTC)

 jschauma%netmeister.org@localhost (Jan Schaumann) writes:
 
 >Yes, I understand that.  My concern is that less(1) should not attempt
 >to manipulate the terminal if it doesn't have a controlling terminal.
 
 What do you expect from 'less foo.txt &' ? Making it stop is actually a
 useful feature. The same is true for 'cat foo.txt &' _if_ you decide to
 enable the tostop feature for the terminal.
 
 In any case, the distinction is not between having or not having a
 controlling terminal but between running in a foreground or background
 process group and timeout can be improved to handle this situation
 much better.
 
 
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