Re: [OT] bug in tcpserver?

From: Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:08:45 +0100

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Laurent Bercot
<ska-supervision_at_skarnet.org> wrote:
>

>
> It is a POSIX requirement that command-line programs are run with
> 0, 1 and 2 open.

Ah, the standard that gave us the "not counting leap seconds" pearl!

I wouldn't guess the requirement would be that general.

> Nevertheless, failing to address that requirement should not cause
> malfunction in a program, so yes, it is a tcpserver bug.

Besides, DJB has been known to not speak highly of POSIX.

Thanks,

Jorge
Received on Thu Sep 14 2017 - 15:08:45 UTC