Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 01:45:33 -0800 (PST) From: -Vince- <vince@apollo.COSC.GOV> To: Yog Sothoth <death@apollo.COSC.GOV> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: select() and setrlimit() broken (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951129014412.22740l-100000@apollo.COSC.GOV> In-Reply-To: <199511282334.PAA14029@apollo.COSC.GOV>
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On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Yog Sothoth wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 09:01:59 +0100 (MET) > > From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> > > To: FreeBSD-current users <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> > > Subject: Re: select() and setrlimit() broken > > > > As -Vince- wrote: > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know if select() and setrlimit() is broken in -CURRENT since > > > they don't behave the way they should as compared to every other UN*X > > > variant. Any info would be helpful. Thanks! > > > > They are not. The entire system wouldn't work if they were. > > > > You forgot to tell us your suspected misbehaviour, btw. > > On SunOS 4.1.3, solaris, linux, ultrix, irix, ... my chatline > program stayed at the line where select() was when nobody was logged on > or when nobody was typing. It's acts in char mode telnet. On > freebsd-current, it doesn't stay at select() when nobody is logged on or > when nobody is typing. > > > select line is something like > > select((fd_set *)readfds, (fd_set *)0, (fd_set *)0, (time_t *)0); > > the file descriptors for each socket is set for i/o non-blocking > with fcntl() ... (can't remember the exact syntax offhand .. I'm on the > fly right now) > > (it's something like that ... I don't do unix C programming any longer > .. I'm quoting from memory ... I was forwarded this letter from somebody > using my chatline code). > > > > btw, my chatline program worked "properly" on FreeBSD 2.0.5, 2.0 > and previous versions 1.5.1.1 (or whatever version that novell > doesn't want anybody using). It did work in 2.05R and just doesn't work with -current... Cheers, -Vince- vince@COSC.GOV - GUS Mailing Lists Admin - http://www.COSC.GOV/~vince UC Berkeley AstroPhysics - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Board of Advisors Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free! Linda Wong/Vivian Chow/Hacken Lee/Danny Chan/Priscilla Chan Fan Club Mailing Lists Admin
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