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24.0.90; gdb initialization on Cygwin

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Message #29 received at 9767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, 9767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9767: 24.0.90; gdb initialization on Cygwin
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:11:54 -0400

On 10/19/2011 6:02 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Andreas Schwab<schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii<eliz <at> gnu.org>,  9767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:03:23 +0200
>>
>> Ken Brown<kbrown <at> cornell.edu>  writes:
>>
>>> No, wait_reading_process_output treats EINTR as though it meant there's no
>>> input available.
>>
>> Which is correct because an interrupted select does not report anything.
>> And then the loop will be restarted to call select again.
>
> Yes, that's what I thought should be happening.  Sorry if that was
> unclear.

You were clear.  I was the one who muddied the waters by misreading the 
code, and Andreas correctly pointed out that I was wrong.

> So the question is still why no input is being reported, although
> wait_reading_process_output should loop and call `select' again.

Yes, that's the question.  I'll have to go back to my debugging.

Ken

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