Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/mail

[jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)]

On May 8, 10:13am, Alistair Crooks wrote:
} On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 09:46:36AM +0000, John Nemeth wrote:
} > Module Name:        pkgsrc
} > Committed By:       jnemeth
} > Date:               Wed Dec 16 09:46:36 UTC 2009
} > 
} > Modified Files:
} >     pkgsrc/mail/libmilter: Makefile
} >     pkgsrc/mail/sendmail: distinfo
} >     pkgsrc/mail/sendmail/files: site.config.m4
} > Added Files:
} >     pkgsrc/mail/sendmail/patches: patch-ao
} > 
} > Log Message:
} >      Change libmilter to use poll(2) instead of select(2)
} > unconditionally.  All supported systems should have poll(2).  If
} > one is found that doesn't then this can be revisited and some way
} > of making it conditional can be implemented.
} 
} All supported systems do have poll, yes, but Darwin's has trouble
} with device files.
} 
}       http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2008/12/30/msg214635.html
} 
} Not sure if that's a problem here, but something to be borne in mind.

     Not likely.  The poll()/select() is just used for a socket
(AF_UNIX or AF_INET[6]) which is used to communicate with sendmail.

}-- End of excerpt from Alistair Crooks