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Re: [Patch] Fix libstdc++/11378 (3rd take)
On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 09:42:18AM -0700, Nathan Myers wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 01:52:06PM +0200, Paolo Carlini wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > this is the 3rd try: in this case I have added an autoconf
> > test for writev, which is then used when available, as per
> > Nathan's indication.
> >
> > I would really like to have this in and close 11378 once
> > and for all.
>
> Wow, that's fast work! Looks clean too.
>
> There is one thing left, though. writev() (like write()) is allowed
> to return a "short write" ...
(Apologies for replying to my own posting.) I don't see the above
as a reason to delay applying the patch. Since the problem is in
the existing code, and doesn't affect 11378, there's no reason not
to apply it and close 11378. (I suppose I should file a bug report
detailing this problem.)
Nathan Myers
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