* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Add a comment saying why we prefer

mknod over mkfifo.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fee765444..260955c39 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-10-21  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
+	* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Add a comment saying why we prefer
+	mknod over mkfifo.
+
 	Enable an fts optimization (call lstat only for directories,
 	on some file system types) also with the --preserve-root option
 	of chown or chgrp.
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 3cc809459..5b66b281d 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -1634,6 +1634,9 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name,
     }
   else if (S_ISFIFO (src_mode))
     {
+      /* Use mknod, rather than mkfifo, because the former preserves
+	 the special mode bits of a fifo on Solaris 10, while mkfifo
+	 does not.  */
       if (mknod (dst_name, src_mode, 0) != 0)
 	{
 	  error (0, errno, _("cannot create fifo %s"), quote (dst_name));