Re: Bug#547079: login: Should set the iutf8 tty c_iflag if the locale is utf8

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Subject: Re: Bug#547079: login: Should set the iutf8 tty c_iflag if the locale is utf8
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:33:22 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 2fl39zrf6q5.fsf@login1.uio.no>
References: <20090917002557.GA23934@const.famille.thibault.fr> <200909171930.05041.vapier@gentoo.org> <20090917235914.GX6317@const.famille.thibault.fr> <200909172035.18960.vapier@gentoo.org> <[🔎] 20100323140951.GA9223@nekral.nekral.homelinux.net>

[Nicolas François]
> As I have no clue about TTY setup, let see if I can get some other
> opinions on debian-devel.
>
> The question raised on http://bugs.debian.org/547079 is who shall be
> responsible for setting up the user's tty (e.g. regarding UTF-8 handling).

This sound related to <URL: http://bugs.debian.org/547073 >, fixed in
sysvinit. in version 2.87dsf-7.  Init now leave it to the kernel to
set the utf-8 flag.  Perhaps login should do the same?

I do not know much about TTY setup myself, so I do not have much to
say on the topic. :)

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen

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