Re: [patch] gdb/testsuite: Fix POSIX-isms in gdb.base/shell.exp

Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-25T18:07:26Z

> From: Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:57:08 -0600
> Cc: "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
>
> Here is the documentation I found via Google for system() in the Windows
> library:
>
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/system-wsystem?view=vs-2019
>
> "system uses the COMSPEC and PATH environment variables to locate the
> command-interpreter file CMD.exe."
>
> I think the GDB manual doesn't accurately describe what GDB does in this
> situation, BTW.

Which part of the manual did you allude to here, and what is in your
opinion inaccurate there?

Thanks.