It seems I accidentally took the mailing list off CC. Adding it back on. That means that it will break for GNOME Terminal in than 2012, but not 2004. CentOS 4 GNOME Terminal was last updated in 2005, so it needs checking how that will be affected.
Regards Michael 23.07.2018 18:47, Michael Kielstra wrote: > Dear Michael, > > It works with 12.10, but not with 4.10. > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kielstra > Sent: Monday, 23 July 2018 17:09 > To: 'Michael Thayer' <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [vbox-dev] Patch to bug #17884 > > Dear Michael, > > It's tested on Ubuntu 18.04, but not on older guests. I'll try it on Ubuntu > 12.10 and get back to you. I don't forsee many problems -- according to > POSIX, all we're doing is becoming more standards-compliant. On the other > hand, standards-compliance has never been an excuse for working code *cough* > IE *cough*... > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Thayer <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 23 July 2018 14:14 > To: Michael Kielstra <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] Patch to bug #17884 > > Hello Michael, > > Thank you for the patch. You wrote that it is tested - did you also test it > on older guests? We support guests going back to *EL3 (admittedly I don't > thin that the automatic install script actually works on EL3, but it does on > many more recent but still old guests), so this sort of thing does need a bit > of checking. > > Regards > Michael > > 23.07.2018 09:51, Michael Kielstra wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> >> >> I'm really, really new to this, so I apologise in advance if I break >> any protocols or make any mistakes. I reported bug #17844 yesterday >> (the Linux Guest Additions install script uses -x instead of -- as the >> option to pass a command to a newly instantiated terminal), and attach >> a tested, MIT-licensed, patch that fixes it. Plus, it brings us >> further into the realm of POSIX-based design, since -- is, I believe, >> the recommended switch for "treat the rest of the line as a command". >> Thank you for taking a look. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vbox-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev >> > > -- > Michael Thayer | VirtualBox engineer > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | D-71384 Weinstadt > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstraße 25, D-80992 München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der > Handelskammer Midden-Nederland, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Jan Schultheiss, Val Maher > -- Michael Thayer | VirtualBox engineer ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | D-71384 Weinstadt ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Hauptverwaltung: Riesstraße 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Nederland, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Jan Schultheiss, Val Maher
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