Re: [bug-inetutils] Readline code

[Simon Josefsson]

Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden> writes:

> lördag den 19 november 2011 klockan 13:12 skrev Simon Josefsson detta:
>> Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > The new TELNET server is verified on GNU/OpenSolaris, but still
>> > shows the unrelated "TERM='TERM=linux'" error!
>> 
>> Perhaps a getenv/setenv issue?  Is this a recent regression or just
>> something you noticed now?
>
> I have only been building the TELNET server on GNU/OpenSolaris
> and OpenIndiana for three days now, so I have no older history
> to compare with. The issue only surfaces when using iu-telnetd
> and only on OpenSolaris descendants, not when using their native
> TELNET server. The other operating systems are not bitten by this.
>
> However, I know the SUNW-native login(1) is much more restrictive
> in setting environmental variables than login(1gnu) is. According
> the manual page, it only initializes HOME, LOGNAME, PATH, SHELL,
> MAIL, and TZ, all others are deferred to each shell to set at the
> wims of their own. Let us leave this for our next iteration, unless
> some inspiration falls upon either of us within the project.

Agreed.

Btw, there is this note in README:

 - GNU Inetutils does not work on Solaris.  Patches to make GNU
   inetutils work on Solaris are happily accepted.

It seems you have built InetUtils in Solaris-like systems.  Should we
remove this blurb?

/Simon