On 11/29/23 18:56, kevin dankwardt wrote:
Reproduce:
$ mkdir /tmp/a.dir
$ mkdir /tmp/b.dir
$ mkfifo /tmp/a.dir/afifo
$ mkfifo /tmp/b.dir/afifo
$ diff -r /tmp/a.dir /tmp/b.dir
*File /tmp/a.dir/afifo is a fifo while file /tmp/b.dir/afifo is a fifo*
I'm not sure I see this as a bug, as they are different fifos. If they
were opened and read they'd likely have different contents, though it
wouldn't be a good idea for diff -r to open fifos.
Perhaps the diagnostic message could be improved, though I'm not sure
what the improved wording would be.
