Description of problem: Supposedly, telnet options -8 and -L should change the 8-bit/7-bit mode and force sending TELNET BINARY option. They do neither. Also, -7 option is not documented in the man page. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): telnet-0.17-20 How reproducible: # telnet -8 telnet> set options on telnet> open REMOTEHOST ==> TELNET BINARY option is never sent; the same with -L. Actually, as binary is the default mode, this isn't changed either.
Created attachment 91727 [details] This patch fixes the problem and changes the man page accordingly
seems like you are right! thx for your patch! Have you reported this upstream already?