Re: RFA: Various Windows (mingw32) additions, mostly relating to select or serial ports

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 05:05:29PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> Fixes, all for a mingw32-hosted GDB:
> 
>   - Windows serial support.  This definitely deserves a NEWS entry,
>     included.
> 
>   - Mark's Windows-aware select wrapper is substantially improved.
>     It's still a far cry from as thorough as Cygwin's, but it works
>     for reads and errors on serial ports, network sockets, pipes, and
>     consoles.
> 
>   - Connecting to a closed TCP socket no longer times out; instead it
>     reports an error.

Oh - I missed one.  gdb_has_a_terminal() now works, so query() prints
questions instead of assuming yes.  That makes a big usability
difference.

Unfortunately, this is true for Windows consoles, but not for a
Windows-native GDB run from a Cygwin SSH terminal - there stdin
is just a pipe.  I checked with Chris, and there really doesn't seem to
be a useful way around this.  So if you want to use a native Windows
GDB, use it in a native Windows console (or via a pipe explicitly -
e.g. Eclipse).


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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery