Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA From: cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Did you come here for an argument? Message-ID: <8828@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 13:02:55 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8828 Posted: Fri Mar 1 13:02:55 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 07:40:28 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 23 /* > Oh, shut up. I said the correct answer is for UNIX vendors to change > "login" to preserve things like TERM, not for everybody to modify their > logins. Our application runs mostly on our machines, and we changed "login" > to preserve TERM. You didn't make yourself clear. You said `it was a kluge' without stating your environmental particularities. Make youself clear. > Your articles are coming within a hairsbreadth of content-free flames, and > seem to serve solely as an irritant; as such, I don't see why I should > bother reading them anymore. I suspect a lot of others out there would > agree... > > Guy Harris My original reply was full of content. No flaming. You fanned the flames. I suppose you could sell a refrigerator to an eskimo. I have been accused of liking to argue, but you take the cake. Okay, I'll try to be nice if you will. It's not life or death you know. Truce? jim */