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ofSerial is not listing any devices on OS X.
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Description
The ofSerial::buildDeviceList() is not working properly on OS X. No serial devices are listed.
The 'prefix match' strings needed to be changed to /dev/cu. and /dev/tty.
Tested on OS X 10.11.6. I do not have an older version of OS X to test this.
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Research direction
Start at the implementation of ofSerial::buildDeviceList() and inspect how its device-name prefix matches are handled on OS X. Update the matching behavior for /dev/cu. and /dev/tty., then verify that serial devices are listed on OS X 10.11.6 or a comparable OS X environment.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, macos
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100