Re: bin/51385: NetBSD-7/amd64 tset(1) requires subsequent stty erase '^?'

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

The following reply was made to PR bin/51385; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/51385: NetBSD-7/amd64 tset(1) requires subsequent stty erase
 '^?'
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 06:06:15 +0000

 On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 02:40:00AM +0000, Matthew Mondor wrote:
  > This does not occur with other users, and I then noticed that the
  > difference is that only the root user automatically ran tset(1)
  > in .profile.  Running tset(1) at any of the aforementioned terminals,
  > under any user, reproduces the issue.  If then running the
  > 	stty erase '^?'
  > command, the normal behaviour is restored.
 
 Don't use tset; in the modern world it serves no purpose and then not
 infrequently also mangles settings you want left alone :-/
 
 (also it's high time the ^H/^? thing got fixed for real)
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost