@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 bin/helper-functions.sh | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/bin/helper-functions.sh	
+++ a/bin/helper-functions.sh	
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ __multijob_init() {
 	# Setup a pipe for children to write their pids to when they finish.
 	# We have to allocate two fd's because POSIX has undefined behavior
 	# when you open a FIFO for simultaneous read/write. #487056
+	# And Cygwin supports just one read/write fd at once. #583962
 	local pipe=$(mktemp -t multijob.XXXXXX)
 	rm -f "${pipe}"
 	mkfifo -m 600 "${pipe}"
-	__redirect_alloc_fd mj_write_fd "${pipe}"
 	__redirect_alloc_fd mj_read_fd "${pipe}"
+	__redirect_alloc_fd mj_write_fd "${pipe}" '>'
 	rm -f "${pipe}"
 
 	# See how many children we can fork based on the user's settings.
--