Re: why not mingetty
Hi!
Joseph Carter (knghtbrd@debian.org),
"Re: why not mingetty":
> 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.
As long as you keep the possibilty to install debian over a serial line I
have no objections ;-)
Rainer
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