On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 04:21:17PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: > After seeing most Linux dists use mingetty, and recommending it to people for a > while, I am wondering why we still give out agetty. > > Seems to me that people who want extended serial support will use mgetty. agetty is useful for serial terminals. Answering modems is best done with mgetty, but I think I agree with you that we should use mingetty (and in fact I already do) in future versions. I think we should move to mingetty for new systems, but not mess with the old ones just so nothing breaks on people. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! To boldly go where no bunch of geeks have gone before :) --Joel Klecker
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