Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 01 Nov 2001 15:42:45 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: on exit xterm totally wrecks linux 2.4.11 to 2.4.14-pre6 (unkillable processes) |
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Nick LeRoy wrote: > > On Thursday 01 November 2001 14:13, you wrote: > > 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. > > Yeah, I think that I know what I'm talking about. The question was: Should > devfs be fixed, or should xterm be fixed. I don't know how serious it is, or > exactly what the nature of the problem is (haven't followed the thread that > closely), but, from the "mile high" point of view, this defect, be it design > or just a one-line bug, needs to be fixed before it can be tagged > "non-experimental". I don't understand why people would think otherwise, to > be honest.
Fix devfs. If the kernel lets a user program crash it, it's a kernel bug.
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