X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:00:15 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: {lp,cb}Reserved2 under Windows 7 and file descriptors Message-ID: <20100913150015.GB23171@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <000801cb2383$9c3ad3a0$d4b07ae0$@gmail.com> <20100714184922 DOT GA13548 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <001001cb23a5$3a879090$af96b1b0$@gmail.com> <20100912224108 DOT GA18097 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4C8D5A50 DOT 2020900 AT gmail DOT com> <20100913041226 DOT GA18909 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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