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Re: MiNTOS Release 1.4 now available.



Hello!
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|>MiNTOS is now at Release 1.4!
|>
Great!

|>
|>Known Problems.
|>
|>	It seems that the BSD getty doesn't like Carriage-Returns in
|>		/etc/gettytab, it fails to read it properly. The fix is to
|>		make sure that all lines in gettytab are terminated by a
|>		single Line-Feed character and not the 1970's hangover from
|>		CP/M of CR-LF. I would suggest that you make sure that ALL
|>		configuration files use the Unix standard of LF as the
|>		end-of-line marker.
|>
Oh no! Is that really necessary? Normally, the mintlib should change
the cr-lf line endings on reading, doesnt it? This way we have to
keep config files in different styles, because most other programs can
cope with the normal atari line end style.

Regards,
Ulrich