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Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:13:56 -0800 (PST)
From: "Jeffrey W. Baker" <jwbaker@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: on exit xterm  totally wrecks linux 2.4.11 to 2.4.14-pre6
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Nick LeRoy wrote:

> Marked experiment, for now.  What about when it's no longer "experimental"?
> Configuring a kernel to enable such a feature should *not* break
> applications, especially something as prolific as xterm.

Are you sure you know what you are talking about?  Devfs causes this
problem because of a defect, not by design.  It is marked experimental
because it's loaded with such defects.  Don't use it until the
experimental tag is removed, if you are not prepared for some malfunction.

-jwb

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