From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24212 invoked by alias); 13 Sep 2017 15:06:09 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 24158 invoked by uid 89); 13 Sep 2017 15:06:07 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy= X-HELO: eggs.gnu.org Received: from eggs.gnu.org (HELO eggs.gnu.org) (208.118.235.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:06:04 +0000 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ds9Em-0001mO-6r for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:06:03 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:47402) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ds9Em-0001mJ-3D; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:06:00 -0400 Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3593 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ds9Ei-0000jA-SJ; Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:05:59 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:06:00 -0000 Message-Id: <83vakmocz3.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Pedro Alves CC: sergiodj@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <5ffa3c27-6659-280d-922d-8d0fe6db470f@redhat.com> (message from Pedro Alves on Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:59:52 +0100) Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] New "set cwd" command Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20170912042325.14927-1-sergiodj@redhat.com> <83fubsq84f.fsf@gnu.org> <87zi9zeud6.fsf@redhat.com> <83o9qfq2i1.fsf@gnu.org> <87poaverfb.fsf@redhat.com> <5ffa3c27-6659-280d-922d-8d0fe6db470f@redhat.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-09/txt/msg00360.txt.bz2 > Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org > From: Pedro Alves > Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:59:52 +0100 > > >> The last bit means that this will only work for targets that use > >> fork/vfork, i.e. only for Posix targets. Right? > > > > Well, the way it's implemented, yes. AFAIK there's nothing preventing > > this feature to be implemented in non-vfork targets like Windows, except > > the fact that I don't have access to those targets to test. > > I think that to make "set cwd" work on Windows, gdb would be adjusted to > pass the desired current directory as argument to CreateProcess, here: > > https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob;f=gdb/windows-nat.c;h=ab5582d46cf3a0873ab32d9c955e95ee75371d4e;hb=HEAD#l2570 > > (and the equivalent in gdbserver). Yes.