Re: expect 5.39 import

Re: expect 5.39 import

[Michael Elizabeth Chastain]

Wow, I didn't even know the new expect release.  I gotta give
that a spin.

I've been using expect 5.38 in my test bed and it's been working fine. 
Back in January 2003, I compared expect 5.38 with sourceware expect,
and the gdb test results were the same.

> I'll follow this up in a few weeks when I'm actually in a position to do 
> an import.

Can you file a PR and then I'll attach my attestation to it?

By the time "a few weeks" comes up I'll have something to say about
expect 5.39 too.

Michael C

Re: expect 5.39 import

[Andrew Cagney]

> Wow, I didn't even know the new expect release.  I gotta give
> that a spin.
> 
> I've been using expect 5.38 in my test bed and it's been working fine. 
> Back in January 2003, I compared expect 5.38 with sourceware expect,
> and the gdb test results were the same.

Nice.

>> I'll follow this up in a few weeks when I'm actually in a position to do 
>> an import.
> 
> 
> Can you file a PR and then I'll attach my attestation to it?

Good idea.  http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/bugs/1349

> By the time "a few weeks" comes up I'll have something to say about
> expect 5.39 too.

thanks,
Andrew

expect 5.39 import

[Andrew Cagney]

Hello,

I'm thinking of [blindly] importing expect 5.39.  It appears to work 
out-of-the-box on x86-64 GNU/Linux (I've not tested any other platforms 
yet).

Comments, suggestions, additional reports of it working in the wild?

I'll follow this up in a few weeks when I'm actually in a position to do 
an import.

enjoy,
Andrew

Re: expect 5.39 import

[Andrew Cagney]

> Hi Andrew,
> 
> 
>> I'm thinking of [blindly] importing expect 5.39.
> 
> 
> What benefits does the 5.39 release provide ?

- it "just works" works on x86-64
- it puts us back in sync with the mainline

the down side is that:

- it may not work on some obscure platform

Andrew