X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:00:15 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: {lp,cb}Reserved2 under Windows 7 and file descriptors Message-ID: <20100913150015.GB23171@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <000801cb2383$9c3ad3a0$d4b07ae0$@gmail.com> <20100714184922.GA13548@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <001001cb23a5$3a879090$af96b1b0$@gmail.com> <20100912224108.GA18097@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4C8D5A50.2020900@gmail.com> <20100913041226.GA18909@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 07:11:06AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >Fair enough. Would a standalone utility implementing this hack be >welcome though? Yes. That would help alleviate my concerns about dropping this into Cygwin itself. If we don't see strange problems after a few months of use, I might be persuaded to change my mind. However, to repeat myself, I really think that the method that the Console program uses is the most foolproof way to get real ttys in Cygwin so I'd much rather implement something along those lines. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple