From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29814 invoked by alias); 7 Jan 2008 13:17:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 29795 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Jan 2008 13:17:14 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:16:52 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00649982E2; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:16:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (22.svnf5.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.183.55]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C75AB98020; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:16:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JBrqT-0008I7-St; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:16:49 -0500 Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:17:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: dje@google.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, ARistovski@qnx.com, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, RMansfield@qnx.com Subject: Re: [patch] IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH to handle both DOS and POSIX path st yles Message-ID: <20080107131649.GA31612@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , dje@google.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, ARistovski@qnx.com, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, RMansfield@qnx.com References: <2F6320727174C448A52CEB63D85D11F40A58@nova.ott.qnx.com> <20080106054030.GA10410@caradoc.them.org> <20080107034031.GA28431@caradoc.them.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-12-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-01/txt/msg00107.txt.bz2 On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 06:20:29AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > We must have a way for a user on a Posix system to have file names > with `\' or `:'. It is IMO unacceptable to say that these cases, > however corner, are simply not supported. Other packages, such as > Bash, do give you a way of having them, albeit an inconvenient way. Can you suggest one that does not break these more common cases? Perhaps a tri-state option... -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery