WINE 2.8 changes USB serial port numbering

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twxtf2
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WINE 2.8 changes USB serial port numbering

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I found that there were changes to the way serial ports work in version 2.8 and now they won't work on some Windows software.

Whenever WINE 2.8 starts it reads all 32 of the serial ports in the /dev folder and makes links to them as com1-com32 in the ~/.wine/dosdevices folder. These don't even exist because my laptop doesn't have a real serial port. When I plug in a USB serial port it links /dev/ttyUSB0 to com33. This makes the port useless because some of the windows software I have will not allow serial port numbers higher than 8.

Is there a way in WINE 2.8 to force a serial port or USB serial port to use com1 or at least a number lower than 8?
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Re: WINE 2.8 changes USB serial port numbering

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The User's Guide has been updated with that info: https://wiki.winehq.org/index.php?title ... llel_Ports.
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