Re: Setting TERM in single user mode

["Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc." <woods%planix.ca@localhost>]

On 6-Oct-08, at 9:23 PM, Geoff Wing wrote:

> On Monday 2008-10-06 12:14 -0400, Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc. output:
> > Strictly speaking "console" should be _removed_ from /etc/ttys.  It  
> > is
> > (now) always the wrong device to run getty on.  A "constty" entry  
> > is the
> > only correct way to properly access the system console TTY device.
>
> It still has meaning for single user mode.  See init(8):

I patched my copy of init.c to call getttynam("constty") a long time  
ago....

It's sad that David's enhancements to the console driver to provide  
this device that avoids so many problems with the old unified /dev/ 
console has gone ignored and under-utilized in the official source tree.

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                                        Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc.
                                        <woods%planix.ca@localhost>

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