Re: [RFU][1.3.9-2] pvâ

[Aaron Schneider <notstop2 at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

On 07/12/2012 10:58, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Again, Cygwin supports SYSV IPC.  Please inform the original author that
> the functionality depends on a running cygserver process.  If this
> process is not running, the SYSV IPC functions return ENOSYS.
>
> IMHO there's no reason to exit if the msgget function returns ENOSYS.
> The code could simply note the fact and proceed, and only return an
> error if the user tried the -R option.

The function has not returned ENOSYS, instead the process has received a 
signal, according to gdb's output. This is arguably a bug in Cygwin.

If msgget fails, it should return an error rather than raising a signal. 
If it returns an error, pv will handle that.

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