Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:01:31 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r236441 - head/lib/libc/sys Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206102059300.33500@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <201206021050.q52AoQBQ084298@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201206021050.q52AoQBQ084298@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 2 Jun 2012, Ed Schouten wrote: > Log: > Remove invalid remark about pipes. > > The stat structures returned on pipes seems to contain all the > information required by POSIX. Especially the wording "and thus to a > pipe" makes little sense, because it seems to imply a certain > relationship between sockets and pipes that simply isn't there. No objection to the change; however, some historical commentary: the relationship used to be there, as pipes were contructed from pairs of UNIX domain sockets, as remained the case with fifos until quite recently. Robert
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