Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I found a better solution to the /dev/tty on Win32. I used 'con' which
> works fine on Win32 except using the Msys 1.0.10 console, but it is
> probably the best solution. Can someone test if newer Msys consoles
> work with this?
>
> Added DEVTTY macro for simplicity.
>
> Applied to 8.0.X, 8.1.X, and HEAD.
I am attaching a new applied patch that reverts "msys" so it doesn't use
'con'. This means we now actually prompt from the terminal on Win32
(except for msys consoles).
--
Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us
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Index: src/include/port.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/port.h,v
retrieving revision 1.88
diff -c -c -r1.88 port.h
*** src/include/port.h 4 Mar 2006 04:30:40 -0000 1.88
--- src/include/port.h 5 Mar 2006 05:29:09 -0000
***************
*** 84,90 ****
#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
#define DEVNULL "nul"
! /* "con" does not work from the MinGW 1.0.10 console. */
#define DEVTTY "con"
#else
#define DEVNULL "/dev/null"
--- 84,90 ----
#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
#define DEVNULL "nul"
! /* "con" does not work from the Msys 1.0.10 console (part of MinGW). */
#define DEVTTY "con"
#else
#define DEVNULL "/dev/null"
Index: src/port/sprompt.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/port/sprompt.c,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -c -c -r1.14 sprompt.c
*** src/port/sprompt.c 4 Mar 2006 04:30:41 -0000 1.14
--- src/port/sprompt.c 5 Mar 2006 05:29:10 -0000
***************
*** 65,71 ****
*/
termin = fopen(DEVTTY, "r");
termout = fopen(DEVTTY, "w");
! if (!termin || !termout)
{
if (termin)
fclose(termin);
--- 65,76 ----
*/
termin = fopen(DEVTTY, "r");
termout = fopen(DEVTTY, "w");
! if (!termin || !termout
! #ifdef WIN32
! /* See DEVTTY comment for msys */
! || (getenv("OSTYPE") && strcmp(getenv("OSTYPE"), "msys") == 0)
! #endif
! )
{
if (termin)
fclose(termin);
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