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authorKen Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>2021-11-11 19:01:11 +0300
committerTakashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>2021-12-12 16:14:12 +0300
commit451bbfb9f3313b9645f19e9df62e2c508f701759 (patch)
treecc962eb604fed31b8b5e1aeabc77ee8db99604e3
parentd9c1aeaddf51a25ba357685dca7b1247b577b07e (diff)
Cygwin: Document that the pipe_byte option is now set by default
-rw-r--r--winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.04
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml5
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/new-features.xml5
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.0 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.0
index 51ff4e0d5..b4a1267a4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.0
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.4.0
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ What's new:
What changed:
-------------
+- The CYGWIN=pipe_byte option is now set by default, so that pipes are
+ opened in byte mode rather than message mode.
+ Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-March/247987.html
+
Bug Fixes
---------
diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml
index 649084dfa..5e17404a7 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ If supplied, wildcard matching is case insensitive. The default is <literal>noi
</listitem>
<listitem>
-<para><envar>(no)pipe_byte</envar> - causes Cygwin to open pipes in byte mode rather than
-message mode.</para>
+<para><envar>(no)pipe_byte</envar> - if set, Cygwin opens pipes in byte mode rather than
+message mode. This is the default starting with Cygwin 3.4.0.
+</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
index 4fdfafc24..13d69ca9d 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Drop support for Vista and Server 2008.
Add code to handle setrlimit(RLIMIT_AS).
</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+The CYGWIN=pipe_byte option is now set by default, so that pipes are
+opened in byte mode rather than message mode.
+</para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>