X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:58:16 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: needed feature in Cygwin fifos Message-ID: <20110426175816.GD12634@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <201104261334 DOT 17982 DOT icanprogram AT 295 DOT ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201104261334.17982.icanprogram@295.ca> 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 Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 01:34:16PM -0400, bob 295 wrote: >I recognize that Cygwin fifos are "buggy and not suitable for anything but >simplest of applications", however in the spirit of seeing if things can be >improved here is some more test code which illustrates one of the "bugs". Maybe I need to be clearer: I don't need demonstrations of bugs. I know what doesn't work. The fifo layer needs a total rewrite right now. Sending this type of email is a waste of your time. 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