brltty problems with recent snapshots (was Re: Emacs and removal of CYGWIN=tty)

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com>]

On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 09:31:28AM +0200, Lars Bj?rndal wrote:
>Christopher Faylor writes:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 01:08:26PM +0200, Lars Bj?rndal wrote:
>>>[Corinna]
>>>
>>>> On Jul  6 10:03, Lars Bj?rndal wrote:
>>>>> [Corinna Vinschen]
>>>>> 
>>>>> > What I don't get from your reply is if you are comparing the latest
>>>>> > snapshot against 1.7.9 with CYGWIN=tty mode, or if you're comparing
>>>>> > to another snapshot in default console mode.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Oh, I'm sorry. Tested against the 1.7.9 version.
>>>>
>>>> In CYGWIN=tty or CYGWIN=notty mode?
>>>
>>>In both environments, BRLTTY works with 1.7.9.
>>
>> So are you claiming that Corinna's change caused the problem or did you
>> see this with other snapshots?
>
>I did a test with 20110624, and BRLTTY doesn't work there either. Sorry
>for the confusion. Corinnas patch looks perfect.
>
>Let's wait for Samuel to comment, since he is contributing to the BRLTTY
>development team.

Since neither Corinna nor I know how to run brltty we really need some
insight here.  strace output for working and nonworking cases would be
useful, I guess.  Please be sure to use the most recent (i.e., at least
2011-07-10) snapshot when testing.

cgf

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