Some small suggestions... To mix mgetty with HylaFAX

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Hi,

Lorenzo M. Catucci wrote:
> I know I might be flamed, but I try...
> 
> You know, I use hylafax as a fax server, since it's better refined, 
> but I still cannot use its inbound service since I prefer mgetty's
> callback, and autoppp. The real problem is that mgetty cannot run using
> stdin/stdout connections instead of the real port. 

Well, yes.

> Now, my question is clear: is there some way to tell mgetty to use its own
> standard channels instead of the port? 

No. After all, the real *job* of a "*getty" process is to set up the
stdin/stdout/stderr channels properly, for use of a given port.

> Is there any hope to see it running this way in some time?

If you send me a *clean* (and *portable*) patch that will work everywhere,
I may integrate it. Otherwise, the chances are very small - I have many
things to do that I find far more important. After all, mgetty can do all
the things for incoming calls that Hylafax can do...

gert

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