Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 11:58:54 +0100 (MET) From: sos@DeepCore.dk To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: ache@astral.msk.su, gpalmer@cdrom.com, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: abuse and the -stable linux emu (mknod & mkfifo) Message-ID: <199601141058.LAA00835@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <199601132301.KAA06594@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Jan 14, 96 10:01:32 am
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In reply to Bruce Evans who wrote:
>
> >I remember recent discussion for adding mkfifo capabilities
> >to system mknod (instead of this hack).
> >Could anybody tell me the result, I miss it...
>
> The Linux emulator should convert Linux mknod()'s to mkfifo()s
> if necessary. The BSD mknod() shouldn't be changed. Note that
> it is reasonable for the Linux library to call mknod() directly
> although Linux apps shouldn't.
I've allready commit the prober fix for this in -current...
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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