From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14703 invoked by alias); 5 Feb 2006 20:22:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 14689 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Feb 2006 20:22:28 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nevyn.them.org (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:22:27 +0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1F5qOs-0001U6-S2 for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 15:22:22 -0500 Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:22:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: RFA: Support Windows extended error numbers in safe_strerror Message-ID: <20060205202222.GB5574@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <20060203215455.GA3501@nevyn.them.org> <200602032325.k13NPJ6g028001@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <20060203233935.GA13238@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20060204032730.GB9890@nevyn.them.org> <200602041435.k14EZ6NK016329@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <20060205001503.GB8728@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20060205193440.GB4718@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-02/txt/msg00103.txt.bz2 On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 10:19:12PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > The shell is needed for the "shell" command. The shell is not used for > > running programs. > > The latter is unlike on Posix platforms, right? That is an implementation artifact that, IMO, we desperately need to move away from. It's a continual source of trouble from e.g. unexpected variable settings in shell initialization files, and it's an aggravating (to me) external dependency for GDB. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery