Re: read bug in Cygwin xterm window only

[Jason Curl <j dot m dot curl at optusnet dot com dot au>]

Jason Curl wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 09:22:08PM +0200, Jason Curl wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 05:54:35PM -0700, Peter Farley wrote:
> > >
> > > > The following program demonstrates what looks to me
> > > > like a bug in the "read" function in an xterm (as
> > > > opposed to a Cygwin console window).  To run the test,
> > > > compile with:
> > > >
> > > > gcc -g -o xtermbug.exe xtermbug.c
> > > >
> > > > When you run it in a console window, you can enter
> > > > normal keyboard characters, then a return to see
> > > > "cmdline=<what you typed>".  Press the Esc key to exit
> > > > the program.
> > >
> > >
> > > Unfortunately I'm seeing exactly the same problem too, and have so 
> > > for some time. I've also noticed that a read() giving a particular 
> > > length will ignore the length field and actually read more data in 
> > > some cases.
> >
> >
> >
> > Peter provided a test case which I used to diagnose a problem with
> > Cygwin.  I fixed the problem and released a new version of cygwin which
> > fixed the problem so it is unlikely that this is exactly the same
> > problem.
> >
> > Please provide a simple test case which shows your specific problem.
> >
> > And, also please provide the details mentioned at
> > http://cygwin.com/problems.html .
>
>
> Sure - I'll start a new post for this as you mention it may be 
> different. By the way, what version was it fixed in?
>
> I just confirmed that I'm using cygwin 15-11 (rather old then I think) 
> and the problem exists. I'm upgrading to 15-16 now, and will later test 
> it with 15-17 when I have a better internet connection.

Just downloaded Cygwin 15.17 (without anything else), and the problem is 
now fixed. Noted that the release notes contained the entry

cgf: Fix problem with tty reads where vmin == vtime == 0.

that probably did it.

Thanks!