Mercurial > hg > octave-nkf > gnulib-hg
changeset 2460:a64de2641650
(full_write): Remove `FIXME' part of comment.
| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 01 May 2000 14:40:08 +0000 |
| parents | b9973efe4bb6 |
| children | e98770d4c928 |
| files | lib/full-write.c |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lib/full-write.c +++ b/lib/full-write.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* full-write.c -- an interface to write that retries after interrupts - Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ while (len > 0) { int written = write (desc, ptr, len); - /* FIXME: write on my slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when + /* write on an old Slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when I try to write more data than there is room on a floppy disk. This puts dd into an infinite loop. Reproduce with - dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0. */ + dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0. If you have this problem, + consider upgrading to a newer kernel. */ if (written < 0) { #ifdef EINTR