Re: Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort

From	<tomas@tuxteam.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort
Date	2019-07-12 10:10 +0200
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 05:39:28PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> On 7/11/19 1:29 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 07:53:23PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> >>On 7/10/19 10:39 AM, Martin McCormick wrote:
> >>>David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> writes:
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >Good points all around.
> >
> >>I would check for existence of the device (-e) and die if not present.
> >
> >Perhaps even check whether the device is character special (-c): ISTR
> >the code tries to do some stty stuff which will fail otherwise.
> 
> I have always tried to do thorough error checking.  In the past, I
> have taken argument and/or state checking to the extreme.

We're in violent agreement here: my "perhaps" was meant seriously (as
"I don't know whether I'd do it: think about it" and not as a polite
way of saying "you definitely gotta do this").

Cheers
-- t

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Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2019-07-10 00:20 +0200
  Re: Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-07-10 04:00 +0200
    Re: Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2019-07-10 19:40 +0200
      Re: Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-07-11 05:00 +0200
        Re: Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-07-11 10:30 +0200
          solved! Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2019-07-11 21:30 +0200
            Re: solved! Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-07-12 05:40 +0200
          Re: Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-07-12 02:40 +0200
            Re: Upgrade to Buster and perl Device::SerialPort <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-07-12 10:10 +0200

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