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

Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org
Thu Jun 25 18:07:03 GMT 2020


> 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.


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