--- configure.orig	Sun Oct 16 21:23:22 2005
+++ configure	Sun Oct 16 21:23:37 2005
@@ -7815,6 +7815,7 @@
 
 # use fifo instead of devnode (required on mac os x)
 
+use_fifos="yes"
 
 if test "$use_fifos" = "yes"; then
   USE_FIFOS_TRUE=