Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 11:42:35 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, jwd@unx.sas.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inetd: realloc/free bug Message-ID: <367175AB.695678E2@whistle.com> References: <199812110659.WAA35073@apollo.backplane.com> <199812110654.WAA25455@bubba.whistle.com> <199812110711.AAA00506@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > 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. less and less all the time, as Linux does this.. > > Warner > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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