Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 13:37:26 +0000 From: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which is "better" - /dev/fd or FIFO Message-ID: <YETXFrAz3D8DPvYe@ceres.local> In-Reply-To: <20210306204633.3be9720a@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <YEOMzXyvchUkMmdH@ceres.local> <20210306204633.3be9720a@gumby.homeunix.com>
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--tMscmao7LEHJLgfx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 08:46:33PM +0000, RW via freebsd-questions wrote: >On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 14:08:13 +0000 >tech-lists wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Some ports, notably shells/bash, have a makeoptions config where you >> can select "enable use of /dev/fd". But there's no explanation given >> why this is advantageous or not, or if there's some kind of risk, in a >> freebsd context [1]. It's not enabled by default. Please can anyone >> explain? > >See: > >https://reviews.freebsd.org/rP439169 Hi, Thanks for that. It explains partly why it's not enabled by default. But I wondered why it's there at all, what is the benefit of that functionality (if enabled) over what (in this case, bash-commander) it would use in its absence (presumably FIFO) --=20 J. --tMscmao7LEHJLgfx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEE8n3tWhxW11Ccvv9/s8o7QhFzNAUFAmBE1wwACgkQs8o7QhFz NAWi8BAAjGLn/cU4Z17yGHC8MFHI0BGlPg6GwYECNQX8yKgTxZFAwsVfT8wDXRSC 9/pjXt2XaLnWTcPCZD0nKRpnuWZNs+yjfOmzhgVJzhqcWko4KTE6ESAngdzPBL5P 0k2tneU+M0pc3ipkQOQVstJvax/6/Ah7NKdzyyuudhCym71In4fsNljph2kE/7ps VNMNxFyHO9vZMRbXYgYIvhkI1vksi8UDXhq0mN9psZSXof2AO9vzVays0j4GWOjw 5KtKtUJcOMeTsYF5IqsrDG9M3WjwYnK7CHt2mKgWSJL+R5nmR5QBd/S9a7QWT9Ve zoC325GuhwEWR0jHEsK7xUfjuHwgg244eZ+MhfqINF76ebmn+wIRSW1EzJBS+ehu nyF8Piqez0cjnxNOnW2Wj6MeipmN9S8VF46r+XJjSmW+mziw5IUiRvgagKI6kv9v F7VeUDcsCkCS8Nt7El9GOG6p9fE1Z59ZouYiyLpbWLtOiVgzWDbQ3lqDXmsSm8OE E30ub6V9MZgRWomniaYhy2uOKRZjExDLmSkyJJzSlIu3x+mD/D9uxfgd6sOUgtNh 3j5qePMrbtafeBL1WcZLvQqBxX1uNeqe1fdCqGPo2iYx/HGAbAmlqhYfmyxukE/j 4K69ocXTSmDw7JE2yYTUlgcVuDanzwekcqjkJgBUAftZyljwm68= =41Sr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tMscmao7LEHJLgfx--
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