http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30162
--- Comment #48 from tkoenig at netcologne dot de <tkoenig at netcologne dot de> 2013-02-18 21:29:22 UTC --- Am 18.02.2013 20:15, schrieb dominiq at lps dot ens.fr: > Are you suggesting to "fix" the non working named pipes on Darwin by removing > them everywhere? Actually, the error happens everywhere, I could reproduce the error with unformatted sequential on my Linux box. > If yes, isn't it a little bit too radical? Formatted sequential, unformatted stream and formatted stream would continue to work. As BACKSPACE most certainly will not work on a pipe, I don't see the advantage of using unformatted sequential.