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Date:      Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:45:13 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
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Subject:   [Bug 243177] open(2): Add O_CREATFIFO flag
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--- Comment #5 from Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg-freebsd@tristatelogic.com> ---
At this point, after waiting more than 4.75 years for anyone to even just l=
ook
at this PR, I'm not inclined to spend much time debating the merits of
implementing something like the suggested O_CREATFIFO flag.  I will just of=
fer
the (closing?) observation that the O_CREAT flag was created for a very good
reason and that reason, it seems to me, must necessarily apply equally well=
 to
both regular files AND fifos.  I am not seeing a clear argument to the
contrary.

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