Re: Why is TERM=vt100 on the console?

[Johnny Billquist <bqt%update.uu.se@localhost>]

On 2018-09-14 22:07, maya%netbsd.org@localhost wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 11:08:29AM +0000, Valery Ushakov wrote:
> > maya%netbsd.org@localhost wrote:
> >
> > > Every time we have this discussion someone ends up saying that yes,
> > > everything being terrible and not supporting anything modern is a
> > > great default. they like it that way.
> >
> > /etc/ttys uses wsvt25 on all ttyE* for a long long time.  It only uses
> > vt100 for console, which may be a serial console, so vt100 is a safe
> > default there.  If you know you don't use serial console you can edit
> > 1 (one) line in ttys.  Do you really think this is "terrible"?
>
> etc.sparc64/ttys:console	"/usr/libexec/getty suncons"	wsvt25 on secure
>
> Why is sparc{,64} exempt from having shitty defaults? because people who
> use it don't have to ask netbsd-users if they happen to use sufficiently
> shitty hardware to justify shitty defaults?
>
> x86 hardware doesn't even have console 99% of the time!
> sysinst isn't a solution because sysinst barely supports amd64.

If you don't even have a console, why are you complaining?

And the wording you use make me feel that you are person to is easy to 
dislike. Why are you trying to abuse people and act a jerk?

  Johnny

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