From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 350 invoked from network); 13 Dec 1996 09:03:54 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 13 Dec 1996 09:03:54 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA20455; Fri, 13 Dec 1996 03:58:18 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 03:58:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:58:57 +0100 (MET) From: "C. v. Stuckrad" X-Sender: stucki@petzval Reply-To: "C. v. Stuckrad" To: schaefer@nbn.com cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: fifo configure check (seems to work here: Solaris 2.4) In-Reply-To: <961212193711.ZM6210@candle.brasslantern.com> Message-ID: X-TestHeaderA: Written by C. v. Stuckrad; FB. Mathematik; EDV X-TestHeaderB: FU-Berlin; Arnimallee 2-6; 14195 Berlin; GERMANY Priority: normal MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-Message-ID: <"yIgWg.0.U_4.fgHio"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2572 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Dec 13, 3:30am, Zoltan Hidvegi wrote: > } 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. > > 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? After unpacking 3.0.1 on /tmp and patching (including the nfs-patch), configure DID find FIFOs correctly. We have Solaris2.4 (FOUR!) and use momentarily /tmp on swap. It might go wrong on Solaris 5.1 (did somebody else test that ?) Stucki Christoph von Stuckrad * * | talk to | \ Freie Universitaet Berlin |/_* | nickname | ...!unido!fub!leibniz!stucki| Fachbereich Mathematik, EDV |\ * | 'stucki' | Tel:+49 30 838-7545{9|8} | Arnimallee 2-6/14195 Berlin * * | on IRC | Fax:+49 30 838-5913 /