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use mkfifo module from gnulib
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:58:08 -0500
parents 0f312e11957e
children 62eb444704ba
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--- a/liboctave/file-ops.cc
+++ b/liboctave/file-ops.cc
@@ -135,7 +135,10 @@
 
   int status = -1;
 
-#if defined (HAVE_MKFIFO)
+  // With gnulib we will always have mkfifo, but some systems like MinGW
+  // don't have working mkfifo functions.  On those systems, mkfifo will
+  // always return -1 and set errno.
+
   status = ::mkfifo (name.c_str (), mode);
 
   if (status < 0)
@@ -143,9 +146,6 @@
       using namespace std;
       msg = ::strerror (errno);
     }
-#else
-  msg = NOT_SUPPORTED ("mkfifo");
-#endif
 
   return status;
 }