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Re: Cygwin 1.7.26: opening /dev/dsp fails


On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 01:12:01AM +0100, Dirk Sondermann wrote:
>After upgrading to Cygwin 1.7.26, trying to open the audio device
>/dev/dsp fails with "No such file or directory".
>
>This error appears in the log file of mpd (the music player daemon
>available from Cygwin Ports), but there is also a simple test case:
>
>  $ ls -l /dev/dsp
>  crw-rw-rw- 1 ds None 14, 3 Dec  1 01:12 /dev/dsp
>  $ date > /dev/dsp
>  -bash: /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
>
>The problem affects both the 64- and the 32-bit version and
>disappears after downgrading to Cygwin 1.7.25.

Argh.  Yes, that's a bug in 1.7.26.  It will be fixed in the next snapshot.

The underlying problem may justify a 1.7.27 release.

http://cygwin.com/snapshots/

cgf

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