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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> * Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> [011212 06:13] wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >
> > > alfred      2001/12/12 01:35:33 PST
> > >
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/fs/fifofs        fifo_vnops.c
> > >   Log:
> > >   Fix select on named pipes without a reader.
                                            ^^^^^^ ITYM "writer"
> > >
> > >   PR: kern/19871
> > >   MFC after: 1 month
> >
> > No, it will be backed out.  I believe other systems implement this by
> > making the semantics of select() incompatible with read().  They don't
> > just break read().
>
> Could you be more clear on how this breaks read(2)?