Re: problem/bug/limitation in uw-client-library
Mark Crispin <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Ico Doornekamp wrote: > There were - and still are -- sites that run UW IMAP on platforms that > do not have a select() call able to handle more then 1024 file > descriptors. Name one. BSD and Linux systems are perfectly capable of handling more than 1024 file descriptors in the select() call. The problem is in glibc. A ONE LINE bugfix to two glibc include files fixes that limitation. Just ONE LINE. >> There were -- and still are -- sites that use UW IMAP on platforms >> that do not have a poll() call. > Send in a patch to fix those platforms! The patch is to fix the broken glibc includes on Linux, and has already been discussed in more than enough detail for anyone to figure out what to do. -- Mark -- http://panda.com/mrc Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote. _______________________________________________ Imap-uw mailing list [email protected] http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-uw