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Re: fifo configure check
- X-seq: zsh-workers 2571
- From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: fifo configure check
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 19:37:11 -0800
- In-reply-to: Zoltan Hidvegi <hzoli@xxxxxxxxxx> "fifo configure check" (Dec 13, 3:30am)
- References: <199612130230.DAA00677@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Reply-to: schaefer@xxxxxxx
On Dec 13, 3:30am, Zoltan Hidvegi wrote:
} Subject: fifo configure check
}
} I discovered that fifo test fails if zsh is compiled in an NFS mounted
} directory. The patch below shoud fix it (it's only for configure.in, you
} need autoconf). I did not test it but it should work.
}
} #ifdef HAVE_MKFIFO
} ! if(mkfifo("/tmp/conftestfifo", 0600) < 0)
} #else
} ! if(mknod("/tmp/conftestfifo", 0010600, 0) < 0)
} #endif
I'm concerned that fifos won't work on the ramdisk file system that many
newer suns are configured to use for /tmp. (I know things like lockf()
fail on the ramdisk.) Can someone who has a ramdisk /tmp please try this
soon and let us know?
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