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Re: No Bug: accept discards socket options/O_NONBLOCK

To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: No Bug: accept discards socket options/O_NONBLOCK
From: Raul Miller <raul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 12:38:35 -0400
Cc: matthias.andree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <200009151401.HAA09979@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from davem@xxxxxxxxxx on Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 07:01:32AM -0700
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On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 07:01:32AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> Every Linux inetd in the world would instantly stop working.

Pointer to docs on why this is not considered a bug in inetd?

Also, you already know how to upgrade a syscall without breaking backwards
compatability.

> The behavior is not changing, lets end this thread right now.

I'm not trying to say the behavior must change -- I'm trying to find out
why it won't.  ["I don't see the need", is something that I'd accept.
However, "it would break inetd" doesn't make sense.]

-- 
Raul

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