X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:49:03 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: XP embedded Message-ID: <20060412154903.GC13171@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20060412095556 DOT GC10758 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 07:43:33AM -0400, Jeff Lange wrote: >/dev/zero does work properly. I changed line 68 in /etc/profile to >use /dev/zero instead of /dev/null and I no longer get the bash error >on start up. > >Perhaps the cygwin libraries should be modified so that if the windows >NUL device doesn't exist, it should use a different method. Sorry, no. We already have enough special cases in the code. We're not going to start adding more for XP Embedded. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/