* ser-unix.c (get_tty_state): if a descriptor is not a tty, then

	  simply save encode this fact as the process group and return
	  success rather than an error.
	  (set_tty_state): if process group is -1, do not reset the
	  process group.
	  (hardwire_reachar): comment change.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index dfdaab68ff3ee468ed550ec90dac2dd538157c94..348027ebaafc7666e4f7f7e6c494229133b108b0 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 Fri Aug 13 14:37:05 1993  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@sendai.cygnus.com)
 
+       * ser-unix.c (get_tty_state): if a descriptor is not a tty, then
+         simply save encode this fact as the process group and return
+         success rather than an error.
+         (set_tty_state): if process group is -1, do not reset the
+         process group.
+         (hardwire_reachar): comment change.
+
        * serial.h: comment change.
 
        * config/m88k/tm-m88k.h: comment change to remove embedded

diff --git a/gdb/ser-unix.c b/gdb/ser-unix.c
index 353657aff0736baa64ac2ddfc2b4dc8ad597f57c..b9db6c1b2438ce939137b31934be305a90e0f335 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ser-unix.c
+++ b/gdb/ser-unix.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ get_tty_state(scb, state)
      struct hardwire_ttystate *state;
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS
+  extern int errno;
   pid_t new_process_group;
 
   if (tcgetattr(scb->fd, &state->termios) < 0)
@@ -117,9 +118,14 @@ get_tty_state(scb, state)
   if (!job_control)
     return 0;
 
+  /* Apparently, if a tty has no process group, then tcgetpgrp returns -1 with
+     errno == 0.   In this case, set the process group to -1 so that we know to
+     omit resetting it later.  */
   new_process_group = tcgetpgrp (scb->fd);
-  if (new_process_group == (pid_t)-1)
+  if ((new_process_group == (pid_t)-1)
+      && (errno != ENOTTY))
     return -1;
+  errno = 0;
   state->process_group = new_process_group;
   return 0;
 #endif
@@ -159,7 +165,11 @@ set_tty_state(scb, state)
   if (!job_control)
     return 0;
 
-  return tcsetpgrp (scb->fd, state->process_group);
+  /* If the tty had no process group before, then do not reset it. */
+  if (state->process_group == -1)
+    return 0;
+  else
+    return tcsetpgrp (scb->fd, state->process_group);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIO
@@ -491,8 +501,8 @@ wait_for(scb, timeout)
 
 /* Read a character with user-specified timeout.  TIMEOUT is number of seconds
    to wait, or -1 to wait forever.  Use timeout of 0 to effect a poll.  Returns
-   char if successful.  Returns -2 if timeout expired, EOF if line dropped
-   dead, or -3 for any other error (see errno in that case). */
+   char if successful.  Returns SERIAL_TIMEOUT if timeout expired, EOF if line
+   dropped dead, or SERIAL_ERROR for any other error (see errno in that case).  */
 
 static int
 hardwire_readchar(scb, timeout)