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Re: Unix pipes implemented successfully


On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 09:57:29PM +0200, linamat@moldtelecom.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@fruitbat.org> or <Peter.Castro@oracle.com>
	"Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood

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