From 384e572f41d0848f281a68dade2f02005fde50bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 14:50:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Cygwin: document disabling mknod/mkfifo on NFS Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen --- winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.9 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.9 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.9 index d089e5a9a..2f2da9e13 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.9 +++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.9 @@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ Bug Fixes - Fix a bug introduced in cygwin 3.4.0 that switch_to_nat_pipe flag is not cleared properly when non-cygwin app is terminated in the case where pseudo console is not activated. + +- For the time being, disable creating special files using mknod/mkfifo + on NFS. + Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-August/254266.html