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From: Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
To: Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [rfa/dejagnu] Work around cygwin / expect background problem
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 11:18:48AM -0500, Fernando Nasser wrote:
>Andrew Cagney wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> The attached patch tweeks dejagnu/lib/remote/exp so that it uses the
>> shell's background rather than the TCL background operator when trying
>> to kill a GDB that's gone wallkabout.
>> 
>> Turns out that expect on cygwin occasionaly and mysteriously die when
>> executing the TCL background.  While the cygwin problems now appear
>> fixed, the problem is still out there in the field :-(
>> 
>> look ok (fernando I guess?),
>
>OK with me.  But maybe you should say "on older versions of cygwin", or 
>even on versions of cygwin older than <ask Chris>" in this comment:

I guess "some older versions of cygwin" would be correct.  I don't know
exactly when this was fixed.

cgf