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From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc pselect.3
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On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 19:21:17 -0700 (PDT), Garrett Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> said:
> 
> >   Actually document pselect(3) so that Bruce can mention it in the release
> >   notes. :-)
>   
> For whomever is working on the threads library these days...

I guess that's me.

> I have a strong suspicion that pselect() is supposed to be a
> cancellation point, so another wrapper should be added to libc_r.

pselect() isn't listed as a cancellation point in the Austin spec
(draft 6 anyways):

  http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/functions/xsh_chap02_09.html#tag_02_09_05_02

Strange, since select() is.

-- 
Dan Eischen


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