[Bug 297082] mknod(2) should support creating FIFOs for POSIX compliance

[email protected] Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:13:19 +0000

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D297082

--- Comment #3 from [email protected] ---
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL:
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D4090d103b0c31b44b269e0ccf758be5cf=
ba3f60c

commit 4090d103b0c31b44b269e0ccf758be5cfba3f60c
Author:     Konstantin Belousov <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2026-07-27 14:14:51 +0000
Commit:     Konstantin Belousov <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2026-07-27 16:12:13 +0000

    mknod.2: update the man page

    State that FIFOs can be created, document the requirement that
    dev must be zero then.  Mention whiteouts.

    PR:     297082
    Reviewed by:    emaste
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    MFC after:      3 days
    Differential revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58478

 lib/libsys/mknod.2 | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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