Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:11:14 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, jwd@unx.sas.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inetd: realloc/free bug Message-ID: <199812110711.AAA00506@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:59:07 PST." <199812110659.WAA35073@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199812110659.WAA35073@apollo.backplane.com> <199812110654.WAA25455@bubba.whistle.com>
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In message <199812110659.WAA35073@apollo.backplane.com> Matthew Dillon writes: : :By the way, from man select(2): : : : : BUGS : : select() should probably return the time remaining from the original : : timeout, if any, by modifying the time value in place. This may be im- : : plemented in future versions of the system. Thus, it is unwise to assume : : that the timeout value will be unmodified by the select() call. : : : :Is this ever going to be implemented? I think this warning's been : :around for at least 10 years now.. No. It breaks too many things. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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