Re: Need general snapshot testers

[Bengt Larsson <lists dot cygwin4 at bengtl dot net>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
>We are contemplating releasing an interim 1.7.29 which does
>not incorporate Corinna's revamping of Cygwin's uid/gid handling.
>
>So, please check out snapshots, paying particular attention to the
>non-passwd/group parts of this file:
>
>http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.29?rev=1.4&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
>
>We'd like to release a 1.7.29 in the next couple of days so testing
>feedback is appreciated.

Tested the 64 bit DLL only:

) - Allow quoting of arguments to the CYGWIN environment variable, i.e.,
)   set CYGWIN=error_start="c:\bin\someprogram -T"

I tested it with what I use as 'CYGWIN="glob:ignorecase"' and that
works.

) - Try harder to do the right thing in the presence of console screen
buffers,
)   i.e., never clear the screen buffer unless the user asked for it.
Also
)   fix screen escape sequences which attempted to scroll the screen.
)   Addresses: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-02/threads.html#00274

I start a console window, set the buffer to 1100 lines, display a lot in
it. Start bash, type ^L: the console window resizes to be only one line.
Same result if bash was started first, then display data, then ^L.

) 
) - Make "ps -W" report different WINPIDs for processes that have been
execed
)   from, e.g., cmd.
)   Addresses: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-02/threads.html#00382

I have not found any duplicate processes. That thread reference isn't
particularly useful: I had to search the archives.

) - Avoid error messages from the signal handler if we're exiting.
)   Addresses: A random irc #cygwin complaint.

Not tested.

I'm always wary about testing more than the DLL because I'm not
absolutely sure how to back out of it.

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