Hi Paul, > You can look here for info: > > http://make.paulandlesley.org/jobserver.html > > Look at the section "SA-non-RESTARTer?" I've had conversations with > knowledgeable people who claim that the POSIX guarantee for SA_RESTART > is not as ironclad as one would assume, and that technically > Solaris is not violating the letter of the spec, so...
This is bad news. Would it be possible that you (or your knowledgable friends) to knock up a small test case illustrating this problem? The reason I ask this is because we have a lot of influence with Sun - we're one of their largest customers in the UK and there are several engineers permanently on site here. If this is a problem on Solaris 8 and worse Solaris 9 and 10 then they should fix it. If we raise it as a problem, then I'm sure it would be looked at, particularly since it is non-POSIX. Having said all that, if there are other systems that do not implement SA_RESTART properly, then I guess it is safer sticking with 'defensive coding' techniques. Nevertheless it would be still worth getting Sun to fix their O/S, as this might be causing problems for other apps. Thanks, David. -- --LongSig *********************************************************************************** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate. Visit our websites at: http://www.rbos.com http://www.rbsmarkets.com *********************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
