Second patch ping

[Zack Weinberg]

Ian Lance Taylor <ian@wasabisystems.com> writes:

> Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:
>
>> > Here is a sample Unix only implementation, followed by the patch to
>> > other gcc files.  This is not yet well tested, but I'd like to hear
>> > feedback before I put a lot of time into it.
>> 
>> I like the looks of this.  We will need to keep the old pexecute()
>> interface around for backward compatibility, but it ought to be
>> implementable on top of the new interface.  Did you encounter any
>> places where the interface was awkward to implement?
>
> Well, I made some minor changes to your proposal to avoid awkwardness,
> so, in general, no. 

Could you outline the changes?

> But any real awkwardness will be discovered by trying an
> implementation for other operating systems.  Still, I don't expect
> anything horrible, except for the fact that I have no way to test it
> on any non-Unix systems.  (Actually, I might have a FreeDOS diskette
> lying around somewhere....)

CodeSourcery has a need for this functionality under Win32, so I can
find time to do an implementation for that host, but only after 3.4
gets out the door.

zw