Toby Peterson wrote:
> I can confirm that poll() on Mac OS X 10.4 is broken in some ways. The
> issue affecting curl is that poll() sometimes gives POLLHUP where
> other implementations give POLLIN.
>
> A bug has been filed in Apple's bug tracking system, and is being
> actively investigated. Email me privately if you have any other
> information to report regarding this issue. This address or 'toby at
> apple dot com' are both fine.

When you do find out what exactly is broken with poll(), I'd love to
hear about it so I can include the workaround in my own programs
(which autodetect the existence of poll() in a similar way to curl).
Writing to the list is good enough.

Thanks,
-- Jamie
Received on 2005-05-14