NFS mkfifo support in cygwin 3.5.0 Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] cygwin 3.4.9-1

[Martin Wege]

On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 5:27 PM Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-announce
via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>
> * cygwin-3.4.9-1
> * cygwin-devel-3.4.9-1
> * cygwin-doc-3.4.9-1
>
> Bug Fixes
> ---------
>
> - Fix a bug introduced in cygwin 3.4.0 that switch_to_nat_pipe flag is
>   not cleared properly when non-cygwin app is terminated in the case
>   where pseudo console is not activated.
>
> - For the time being, disable creating special files using mknod/mkfifo
>   on NFS.
>   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-August/254266.html

While I am unhappy that you disabled this for Cygwin 3.4.9-1, we
noticed that you added mkfifo support for Cygwin 3.5.0 in
https://cygwin.com/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commit;h=622fb0776ea333dd708ff312f08ec98311138fbe
🙏😁 :-)

Thanks

We are testing 3.5.0-0.423.g7ced682549ae.x86_64 - which includes
622fb0776ea333dd708ff312f08ec98311138fbe - right now, feedback will
come on Monday

Thanks,
Martin