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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: instability in Berkeley versus AT&T releases
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> > With respect to the discussion about the change from stty(2) to ioctl(2),
> > yes, stty is no longer included in official System V Release 2 documentation,
> > but it is still there in the kernal (it calls ioctl).
> 
> If it's there it should be documented or porters will eat it. What are the
> parameters & structures this version accepts? V6 or V7?

Stty/gtty are there for binary compatibility, not for use in new code.
Thus it doesn't matter if stty/gtty are removed during porting.