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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 09:23:37 +0300
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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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Subject: Re: GDB 12.0.90 available for testing
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> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 09:27:52 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> > Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 21:51:49 +0300
> > From: Eli Zaretskii via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> > Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> > 
> > And yet another issue: if I start GDB with the MI interface:
> > 
> >    gdb -i=mi PROGRAM
> > 
> > then whatever I type at the prompt GDB thinks I typed "g":
> > 
> >   (gdb)
> >   r -Q
> >   &"g\n"
> >   &"Ambiguous command \"g\": gcore, generate-core-file, goto-bookmark, gr, gu, guile, guile-repl.\n"
> >   ^error,msg="Ambiguous command \"g\": gcore, generate-core-file, goto-bookmark, gr, gu, guile, guile-repl."
> >   (gdb)
> > 
> > As you see, I typed "r -Q", but GDB thinks I typed "g".
> 
> This is now a Bugzilla PR 29002.  I posted my proposed solution there,
> see
> 
>   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29002

Ping!  The two issues described in this PR are IMO serious and should
be fixed before GDB 12.1 is released.  Could someone please respond to
what I wrote there, and propose how to fix this without adversely
affecting GNU/Linux (and possibly other non-Windows platforms)?