X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:02:12 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [1.7] fifo regression Message-ID: <20090707180212.GE4609@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4A51F60F DOT 2030304 AT byu DOT net> <20090707021839 DOT GA26814 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090707021839.GA26814@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 10:18:39PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 07:03:11AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >>But on cygwin 1.7, when you attempt to create multiple writers to a single >>fifo, the second writer creates an fd just fine but then fails on any >>attempt to write to that fd: > >I see the problem but I don't know how to fix it yet. It may be a >couple of days before I can come up with a solution. Just an update: I now have a headache. Thanks again Microsoft for making it all so complicated. This is YA example of a feature (Windows Named Pipes) which behave 98% of the way you'd expect it to work. The 2% is the killer. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple