Subject: Re: tip/SIGTERM/signals bug?
To: Brad Parker <brad@fcr.com>
From: Peter da Silva <peter@Taronga.COM>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/11/1993 22:03:31
> If I rlogin to netbsd, run tip and then exit the rlogin (by typing
> "~." instead of "~~.", oops), neither side of the tip dies (the input
> nor the output side).  Instead, the input side constantly reads -1
> from getchar and sends this to the modem.

Getchar returns -1 on end of file. One would expect this behaviour, and
have tip clean up. I see no reason NOT to change tip.

I'm surprised it doesn't do this...

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