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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:14:00 -0800 (PST)
From: "Peter A. Castro" <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Unix pipes implemented successfully
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On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 09:57:29PM +0200, linamat AT moldtelecom DOT md wrote:
> >>Sorry, but no.  The CVS version of cygwin already has a stub of a fifo
> >>implementation and the device/fhandler stuff is much different than
> >>1.5.5.
> >
> >But if I change the patch to be compliant with last CVS, should you change
> >the answer?
>
> Sorry but it's unlikely.  As I said, there is already a start of an
> implementation for this which I am unlikely to want to throw out.
>
> I expect to have a working fifo implementation in a couple of releases.
> It's the next thing I'll work on after fixing the signal/thread problems
> in the current CVS.

"in a couple of releases"?  Oh, come on, Chris, have a heart for once.
Couldn't you at least look at what he's done?  You've just barely started
while he's actually got something working.

-- 
Peter A. Castro <doctor AT fruitbat DOT org> or <Peter DOT Castro AT oracle DOT com>
	"Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood

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