--- libev/ev.c	2007/11/06 13:17:55	1.71
+++ libev/ev.c	2007/11/06 16:09:37	1.72
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
-#ifndef PERL
-# include <signal.h>
-#endif
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 # include <unistd.h>
@@ -156,6 +154,59 @@
 /* note: the comment below could not be substantiated, but what would I care */
 /* MSDN says this is required to handle SIGFPE */
 volatile double SIGFPE_REQ = 0.0f; 
+
+static int
+ev_socketpair_tcp (int filedes [2])
+{
+  struct sockaddr_in addr = { 0 };
+  int addr_size = sizeof (addr);
+  SOCKET listener;
+  SOCKET sock [2] = { -1, -1 };
+
+  if ((listener = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == INVALID_SOCKET) 
+    return -1;
+
+  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl (INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+  addr.sin_port = 0;
+
+  if (bind (listener, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, addr_size))
+    goto fail;
+
+  if (getsockname(listener, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addr_size))
+    goto fail;
+
+  if (listen (listener, 1))
+    goto fail;
+
+  if ((sock [0] = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == INVALID_SOCKET) 
+    goto fail;
+
+  if (connect (sock[0], (struct sockaddr *)&addr, addr_size))
+    goto fail;
+
+  if ((sock[1] = accept (listener, 0, 0)) < 0)
+    goto fail;
+
+  closesocket (listener);
+
+  filedes [0] = sock [0];
+  filedes [1] = sock [1];
+
+  return 0;
+
+fail:
+  closesocket (listener);
+
+  if (sock [0] != INVALID_SOCKET) closesocket (sock [0]);
+  if (sock [1] != INVALID_SOCKET) closesocket (sock [1]);
+
+  return -1;
+}
+
+# define ev_pipe(filedes) ev_socketpair_tcp (filedes)
+#else
+# define ev_pipe(filedes) pipe (filedes)
 #endif
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -779,7 +830,7 @@
       close (sigpipe [0]);
       close (sigpipe [1]);
 
-      while (pipe (sigpipe))
+      while (ev_pipe (sigpipe))
         syserr ("(libev) error creating pipe");
 
       siginit (EV_A);
@@ -832,7 +883,7 @@
 ev_default_loop (int methods)
 {
   if (sigpipe [0] == sigpipe [1])
-    if (pipe (sigpipe))
+    if (ev_pipe (sigpipe))
       return 0;
 
   if (!default_loop)