On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Jose M Rodriguez wrote: > Hi, > > trying to import foomatic-rip, I found great changes under /dev/fd/ > going from RELENG_4 to RELENG_5. > > Seems that /dev/fd/3 is used by several pipe construct like foomatic-rip > to get a free backwards error channel. > > Digging a bit, I found that now, I need mount fdescfs to get this. I > think this is not well documented in release notes.
Nothing in the FreeBSD base system depends on /dev/fd. foomatic-rip a third-party program. It would be appropriate for the port to print a message reminding the user to mount fdescfs if they plan to use this application, but not appropriate to enable it by default just for this one port. > Also, seems that support /dev/fd/3 in devfs may be a good idea. Add a > sysctl to control how many /dev/fd/n devfs create will be even better. fdesc is populated automatically based on the calling program. If the program has file descriptor 3 open then /dev/fd/3 will be available. Likewise, if it is closed, /dev/fd/3 will not exist. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
