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Re: inn - 'cant nonblock 16 Invalid argument'

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From: Tom Limoncelli
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:37
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In <1992Dec12.135539.28843@eua.ericsson.se> per@erix.ericsson.se (Per Hedeland) writes:

>In article <1gb1usINN5e2@milk.Warren.MENTORG.COM> tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) writes:

>I certainly agree that the news transport shouldn't access the spool via
>NFS - but why does INN try to to do an FIONBIO on a *file*?  Surely it
>wouldn't be very expensive to precede it with an fstat, or perhaps
>follow the failed FIONBIO with one, or just remember that it is a file
>since the opening...?

You have access to the source.  Make those changes.  If it works, post
the patches and the world will be a better place.  If it doesn't work
you'll have learned something.

Tom, who avoids programming during December.
-- 
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From: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli)
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Date: 14 Dec 1992 15:37:28 -0500
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