Looking at the source code of GNOME Terminal in CentOS 4, it does not seem to recognise the "--" option. So we would need at the least to support both forms, but as long as the old form works, I would tend to postpone the change and work on more current things.
Regards Michael 24.07.2018 12:06, Michael Thayer wrote:> 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 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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