"Valentin Bogdanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have noticed this as well. Blocks in poll(), timeout parameter -1,
Oh good point. non-blocking sockets and poll/select let you control the timeout too. > meaning infinite then after 4 minutes on my system poll() returns 1 and > getsockopt() is called with SO_ERROR. SYN packets are tried only for the > default tcp timeout of 20 seconds. Uhm, 20 seconds would be an unreasonably low default. I think the RFCs mandate timeouts closer to the 4 minutes you describe. -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Ask me about EnterpriseDB's RemoteDBA services! -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs