A problem with the select(2) interface

Peter Jeremy peterjeremy at optushome.com.au
Sun May 27 06:28:36 UTC 2007


On 2007-May-22 23:00:26 -0400, "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
>Index: select.2
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /cache/ncvs/src/lib/libc/sys/select.2,v
>retrieving revision 1.33
>diff -u -r1.33 select.2
>--- select.2	9 Jan 2007 00:28:15 -0000	1.33
>+++ select.2	23 May 2007 03:00:14 -0000
>@@ -222,3 +222,6 @@
> by the
> .Fn select
> system call.
>+.Fx 
>+does not modify the return value, which can cause problems for applications
>+ported from other systems.

That would make me happy.

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Peter Jeremy
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