From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:56:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fmt-merge-msg: avoid open "-|" list form for Perl 5.6
Message-ID: <20060221205618.GA23920@localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0602210930w5c1a71aage12bad2079dd515a@mail.gmail.com>

Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/20/06, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> >  * Eric, thanks for the hint.  I have this four-patch series.
> >    Could people with perl 5.6 please check them?
> 
> Does not work here (ActiveState Build 811, Perl 5.8.6):
> 
> $ perl -e 'open(F, "-|")'
> '-' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.

Both "-|" and "|-" forms of open() use fork() internally.  Iirc, fork()
doesn't work too well on that platform.

-- 
Eric Wong