From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 10 23:13:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA27170 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:13:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA27157 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:13:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from harmony [10.0.0.6] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #1) id 0zoMks-0001CK-00; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:12:50 -0700 Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.1/8.8.3) with ESMTP id AAA00506; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:11:15 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199812110711.AAA00506@harmony.village.org> To: Matthew Dillon Subject: Re: inetd: realloc/free bug Cc: Archie Cobbs , jwd@unx.sas.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.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> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:11:14 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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