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Re: [PATCH 5.6.0-RC2] noTTY (was RE: [5.6.0-RC2] Debugger problem )

From:
Tom Christiansen
Date:
March 17, 2000 04:57
Subject:
Re: [PATCH 5.6.0-RC2] noTTY (was RE: [5.6.0-RC2] Debugger problem )
Message ID:
8094.953297846@chthon
>Here is a patch that makes "TTY" and "noTTY" booleans.

Ah, but the former is not.  :-(  It's string-valued:

       `TTY'       The TTY to use for debugging I/O.

but its negator is Boolean:

       `noTTY'     If set, goes in `NonStop' mode,
		   and would not connect to a TTY.

Wacky, eh?  You'd think one should set TTY to '' to 
achieve noTTY.  

--tom

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