Re: misc/42237: /dev/null permission issues

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/42237; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/42237: /dev/null permission issues
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:45:00 +0000

 grumble. I'm supposed to know better than to forget to mail gnats.
 
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 From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
 To: misc-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, mr.qweo%gmail.com@localhost
 Subject: Re: misc/42237: /dev/null permission issues
 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:31:03 +0000
 
 On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 03:00:07AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
  >  I would argue that the misfeature should be turned off in less, but
  >  since less is a 3rd-party program this would be expensive from a
  >  documentation and user-expectations point of view. So it isn't likely
  >  to happen. If anyone wants it to happen badly enough, ask on
  >  tech-userlevel.
 
 On second thought, patching less so it won't attempt to write .lesshst
 over a non-regular file is straightforward and should solve the
 problem adequately.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost