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Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:03:02 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Mumit Khan <khan AT NanoTech DOT Wisc DOT EDU>
To:	Ed Hirgelt <ehirgelt AT mindspring DOT com>
cc:	"=?iso-8859-1?Q?=3D=3Fbig5=3Fq=3FSam=3D20C.=3F=3D?=" <hk2good AT yahoo DOT com DOT hk>,
	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: qmail compilation
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Ed Hirgelt wrote:

> I tried to get qmail running as well.  You can work around the errno
> problem, but you will eventually run into the fact that qmail wants to
> use FIFOs.  Those aren't available under Cygwin yet.  Someone please
> correct me if I'm wrong about that.

Yes, you're correct. Please search the list archives on FIFO support. 
And changing qmail to work around it is going to be a major rewrite.

Mumit



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