[MinGW-notify] [ mingw-Patches-3468255 ] perl readline creates sys$command files w/o STDIN connected

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Patches item #3468255, was opened at 2012-01-01 10:49
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Category: msys tool
Group: Not MinGW.org
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Sven Strickroth (MrTux) (csware)
Assigned to: Charles Wilson (cwilso11)
Summary: perl readline creates sys$command files w/o STDIN connected

Initial Comment:
perl Term/ReadLine.pm creates empty sys$command files if no STDIN is connected (example http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/detail?id=1011).

I noticed this issue on using msysgit with TortoiseGit. I tracked down which msysgit versions are affected (<=1.7.7 work, but >=1.7.7.1 has the issue), but both use the same perl versions (5.8.8) and Termin/Readline.pl (1.02). I don't know how this issue was introduced, but the reason seems to be that there is no "con"-file and $^O is 'msys', but a check is missing for this (in Term/ReadLine.pm, sub findConsole, line 214).

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>Comment By: Sven Strickroth (MrTux) (csware)
Date: 2012-11-24 10:27

Message:
I thought you fix it or report it upstream. However,
https://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115900

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Comment By: Robert Pollak (jondo)
Date: 2012-11-21 07:50

Message:
So should this issue be filed at rt.perl.org instead?

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Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2012-11-15 05:04

Message:
I'm assigning this to Chuck for review.  My original thought was to close
as won't fix since this is related to perl, the patch is against the perl
pacakge, and the tools being used aren't distributed by MinGW.org.  In the
end I decided to leave it open and assigned.

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Comment By: Răzvan Panda (razvan-panda)
Date: 2012-11-15 01:27

Message:
Any update on this bug? I am using:
TortoiseGIT 1.7.14.0
git version 1.8.0.msysgit.0
and sys$command is still created when I do a git svn fetch for example.

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Comment By: Sebastian Schuberth (eyebex)
Date: 2012-01-02 07:23

Message:
This should probably be added as a custom MSYS patch to the "patches"
directory contained in

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Extension/perl/perl-5.8.8-1/perl-5.8.8-1-msys-1.0.17-src.tar.lzma/download

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Comment By: Sven Strickroth (MrTux) (csware)
Date: 2012-01-01 11:01

Message:
forgot to add, that I was forwarded here: from msysgit:
http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit/browse_thread/thread/a070c186700721ee

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