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Date: | Mon, 1 May 2000 09:07:04 -0700 |
From: | Zack Weinberg <zack AT wolery DOT cumb DOT org> |
To: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
Cc: | Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>, gcc-patches AT gcc DOT gnu DOT org, |
djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com | |
Subject: | Re: Minor DJGPP fixes |
Message-ID: | <20000501090704.M11780@wolery.cumb.org> |
References: | <390C769C DOT 812EAB7D AT softhome DOT net> <20000501000928 DOT J11780 AT wolery DOT cumb DOT org> <200005010837 DOT EAA00013 AT indy DOT delorie DOT com> |
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On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 04:37:09AM -0400, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > - fcntl() working is a characteristic of the _host_, not the target. > > - You should determine if it works using an autoconf test. > > Why didn't the original code use an Autoconf test, then? I understand > that it was added only recently. Because I never dreamed that any system wouldn't support that particular fcntl() operation. It's been around since forever in Unix. I'm tempted to tell you to fix your library. > > - If it doesn't work, you need to open the file in blocking mode, not > > just elide the fcntl(); otherwise the code reading the file will > > break. > > Could you please explain what does ``open in blocking mode'' mean? > Isn't a normal default `open' good enough? If not, why not? I think this has been adequately explained elsewhere. zw
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