Re: [PATCH] HP-UX does not have select.h

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Johannes Sixt wrote:

> Junio C Hamano schrieb:
> > "H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl> writes:
> > 
> >> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:00:22 -0800, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> "H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> HP-UX does not have select.h, but it offers all select () 
> >>>> functionality. The defines are in <sys/types.h> and <X11/fd.h>
> >>> Will apply the patch as-is for now, only because I do not want major 
> >>> surgery during rc period, but I think is can be improved.
> >> ...
> >>> Besides, isn't _HPUX_SOURCE a feature-test macro?  Feature test 
> >>> macros
> >> That is defined in GNU gcc. I did not pass it with -D...
> > 
> > Actually I changed my mind.  I won't be applying this as is.
> > 
> > For the selective inclusion of <sys/select.h>, I would prefer it see 
> > it done like the attached.
> 
> Is select() actually needed? The one instance in pager.c can easily be 
> replaced by poll(), which I've already done in my own tree. The other 
> one in http.c is only used as a timer, but I don't know how to get rid 
> of that. Maybe a setitimer()/pause() combo?

I'd be cautious about using poll().  AFAIK MacOSX 10.2.8 does not have 
poll(), and IIRC I had problems finding it in MinGW, too.  I know, we use 
it in daemon, upload-archive and upload-pack, but these are not typically 
functions performed by a client, so I would not know if it worked on my 
(now-dead) iBook, or on msysGit.

Ciao,
Dscho