Cygwin 1.7.26: opening /dev/dsp fails

Dirk Sondermann ds-cygwin@dyximaq.de
Sun Dec 1 00:12:00 GMT 2013


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.

- Dirk

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