Arduino-cli: `board list` does not list virtual ports

[kittaakos]

Bug Report

I have copied the bug report from here:

I set up virtual ports on Windows with com0com and mapped COM5 to ARDUINO:

I can confirm, I can see the ports in the Java IDE:

And I can also confirm when I run the board list on the CLI, I cannot see the virtual ports. I think it is a CLI issue. What do you think @masci?

$ ./arduino-cli.exe board list
Port Type        Board Name FQBN Core
COM1 Serial Port Unknown
COM5 Serial Port Unknown

$ ./arduino-cli.exe board list --format json
[
  {
    "address": "COM1",
    "protocol": "serial",
    "protocol_label": "Serial Port"
  },
  {
    "address": "COM5",
    "protocol": "serial",
    "protocol_label": "Serial Port"
  }
]

Current behavior

The CLI does not return with the virtual ports.

Expected behavior

I can see the exact same port with the CLI as with the Java IDE.

Environment

• CLI version (output of arduino-cli version):
• OS and platform:

Additional context

[masci]

This is a known missing feature of the underlying go-serial library, marking as feature request with no clear priority.

[per1234]

I believe there is now an upstream feature request for this: https://github.com/bugst/go-serial/issues/85