Re: toolchain/29597 (gdb EOF-handling bugs)

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR toolchain/29597; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: toolchain/29597 (gdb EOF-handling bugs)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:06:38 -0500 (EST)

 >  with just:
 >  rm -f ~/.editrc
 >  stty eof ^Z susp ^P kill ^X
 >  gdb
 >  ^Z
 
 >  gdb exits.
 
 Then the primary sumptom, at least, is gone.
 
 >  but I feel like I might have missed another part of the bug, and
 >  didn't re-test fully.
 
 Since I don't use post-5.2 NetBSD, I think this can be closed unless
 someone else using unusual stty settings sees issues (or, contrary to
 all my expectations, NetBSD decides to (re-)start issuing fixes for 5.2
 or earlier).
 
 The right fix, of course, is to move command-line editing out of
 userland programs (gdb, ftp, sh, etc) and - as far as they're concerned
 - back into the kernel.  Doing *that* right means an auxiliary
 line-editing process.  This has been on my to-do list for years, but
 never very close to the top.
 
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