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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:21:41 -0400
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Subject:	Re: cygwin-1.7.13-1: mknod console c 5 1 creates invalid device
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On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 01:54:59PM +0200, Ladislav Michl wrote:
>Using cygwin-1.7.11-1 cygwin1.dll mknod works as expected
>$ cd /tmp/
>$ mknod ccc c 5 1
>$ ls -l ccc
>crw-rw-rw-  1 Ladis None     5, 1 Apr 19 13:47 ccc
>
>However with cygwin-1.7.13-1 I get:
>c?????????? ? ?     ?           ?            ? ccc
>$ ls -l ccc
>ls: cannot access ccc: No such device or address
>
>Looked at CVS changelog and it is scary...

Funny you should pick up on that.  I actually had a sheet over my head
with two eyes cut out when I was writing the ChangeLog.

This should be fixed in the next snapshot.

http://cygwin.com/snapshots/

cgf

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