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Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/15] kconf: Check for eof from input stream.
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>, Ben Collins <ben.collins@ubuntu.com>,
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Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Ben Collins wrote:

>> What I don't understand is that if oldconfig is an interactive target,
>> why make it work when interactivity is not available?
> 
> It means it will accept any input and no input (by just pressing enter or
> ctrl-d) means the default answer.

If I press ^D, I'd expect to select the abort option (like e.g. all sane
GUIs do if you close yes/no/abort dialogs instead of selecting a button).
I can see no advantage from implementing this unexpected behaviour.

<rant>
I don't understand programmers trying to go ahead even if they know they're
going the wrong way. The header file can't be found - let's see if it wasn't
needed, maybe the programmer inserted it just for fun! There is an unknown
argument '--version'? Just ignore it and start the operation, it won't have
been that important! *grrrrrr*
</rant>
-- 
Ich danke GMX daf?r, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF
verbreiteten L?gen zu sabotieren.
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