From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14270 invoked by alias); 16 Jul 2012 16:37:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 14046 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Jul 2012 16:37:26 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.72) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:37:13 +0000 Received: from pool-173-76-45-230.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([173.76.45.230] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SqoIK-0004Ht-PR for cygwin-talk@cygwin.com; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:37:12 +0000 Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06266429680 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:37:12 -0400 (EDT) X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18Afu68oxrpDYKsb3VmLB8i Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:37:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: fifo woes Message-ID: <20120716163712.GB23123@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <50041EA9.4020102@redhat.com> <50041EEA.2020103@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50041EEA.2020103@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-q3/txt/msg00004.txt.bz2 On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 08:02:18AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >On 07/16/2012 08:01 AM, Eric Blake wrote: >> It's nice to know that Cygwin isn't the only platform plagued with fifo >> woes; here's a bug in the Linux kernel handling of fifos that manifested >> itself when dash was used to run the git testsuite: >> >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.shells.dash > >It helps if I post the right link: > >http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.shells.dash/745/focus=763 You realize that your email subject gave me a nice sinking "Oh @#$*" feeling when I saw it right? :-) With all of the work I've put into fifos in the last couple of releases I thought you'd found something new. It *is* nice to see Linux having problems too. They are a lot trickier than they seem. cgf