Re: [PATCH] Reconnect terminal in tty_getchar() under an else{} in nmap_tty.cc

[Kris Katterjohn <kjak () ispwest com>]

Fyodor wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 11:38:56AM -0500, Kris Katterjohn wrote:
> > The attached patch removes the commented-out part of tty_getchar() which
> > called tty_init() and makes an else branch to call tty_init() if we
> > can't access the terminal. tty_done() is called just to be safe; the
> > worst case is just an extra return.
>
> Thanks.  Does this fix a known problem of some sort?
>
> Cheers,
> -F

I think it may be more of a just-in-case thing. But the original
tty_init() was apparently commented-out because it was too slow and
this'll fix that because it's only called if there's a problem.

Thanks,
Kris

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