From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 10 20:01:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0246106566C; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:01:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F6AA8FC1B; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:01:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [65.122.17.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D364F46B0C; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:01:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:01:31 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Ed Schouten In-Reply-To: <201206021050.q52AoQBQ084298@svn.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201206021050.q52AoQBQ084298@svn.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r236441 - head/lib/libc/sys X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:01:32 -0000 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