On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 03/28/2011 10:51 AM, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: >> Hi, >> >> A mail for getting the status of SOCK_CLOEXEC flags and particularly for >> socket and socketpair. >> >> Does gnulib should support this interface ? > > If it doesn't, it should. I've been meaning to revisit CLOEXEC support > in gnulib and improve it to match glibc.
Thank to do that, I will need it for socketpair emulation code on mingw I need socket 2 support and I will prefer patch on your side instead of patching of my side > >> I do not know if it will be added to posix, but it seems useful. > > Yes, I have plans to propose adding it in the next revision of POSIX. > My initial reaction from the rest of the Austin Group has already been > favorable for the addition, but it needs a formal proposal that I > haven't yet had time to complete. It seem really nice Bastien
