Re: [PATCH 1/1] testsuite: skip confirmation in 'gdb_reinitialize_dir'

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Stephan Rohr <stephan.rohr@intel.com>
> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:51 -0800
> 
> From: "Rohr, Stephan" <stephan.rohr@intel.com>
> 
> Some shells automatically confirm the 'dir' command:
> 
>   (gdb) dir
>   Reinitialize source path to empty? (y or n)
>     [answered Y; input not from terminal]
>   Source directories searched: $cdir;$cwd
>   (gdb) y
>   dir <...>/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base
>   Undefined command: "y".  Try "help".

Which shell is involved here?

> For example, this reprdocues on a MinGW32 environment.  Skip sending
> 'y' if the command is already confirmed.
> ---
>  gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Are you saying this problem happens only in the test suite?  When I
run GDB interactively, typing "dir" followed by Enter does request my
confirmation, it doesn't confirm automatically.  Why does that happen
in the test suite?

Thanks.