DBD::mysql not reading host from config file

With a dsn like $dsn = "dbi:mysql:mysql_ssl=1;mysql_read_default_file=test.cnf;mysql_read_default_group=test_group"; $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn); seemingly fails to read the host from [test_group] in test.cnf. Adding a valid host=host_name to the $dsn succeeds in reading the user, password etc from

RE: Rewriting the FIFO code

I am hopping in late to this conversation, after working on debugging a confusing issue where my NamedPipe stopped working reliably after being passed to a cygwin program, where I believe it used to work okay with older versions of cygwin. I just want to point out that the current flag being used (

Advice sought: Cygwin or gcc or ???: unable to figure out odd gcc error message

Sirs: Please note initially that the error indicated occurs systematically in the actual project, but it was reproduced here using a simpler demonstration case for documentation. I might have to defer to www.kernel.org || gcc.gnu.org depending upon your comments, as I feel that it is not Cygwi