Re: bin/176713: [patch] nc(1) closes network socket too soon

2013-07-21 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
In message Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 21 July 2013 19:02, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > >> It has been some time now since I filed my PR but I think that the bottom >> line is that you need to look at the code (of nc) to understand how it is >> reacting to EOF on stdin. > >Gah, I was kinda hoping

Re: bin/176713: [patch] nc(1) closes network socket too soon

2013-07-21 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 21 July 2013 19:02, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > It has been some time now since I filed my PR but I think that the bottom > line is that you need to look at the code (of nc) to understand how it is > reacting to EOF on stdin. Gah, I was kinda hoping not to look at nc, and just work with som

Re: bin/176713: [patch] nc(1) closes network socket too soon

2013-07-21 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
In message =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= wrote: >Yes, that is what I tested. Behavior before (truncated output) and after >(correct output) applying the patch. OK, good. Thanks. >If this is going to be the final version of the patch, i.e. if it is going >to include the -q flag, then

Re: bin/176713: [patch] nc(1) closes network socket too soon

2013-07-21 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
In message Adrian Chadd wrote: >Wait a second. What's going on under the hood? > >You _should_ be able to shutdown the write side of the socket and have >it not affect reading. It has been some time now since I filed my PR but I think that the bottom line is that you need to look at the code (

Re: bin/176713: [patch] nc(1) closes network socket too soon

2013-07-21 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
In message <20130721041338.2121.qm...@f5-external.bushwire.net>, "Mark Delany" wrote: >> servers running certain protocols. For example, the rules of the SMTP >> protocol... just to name one... require that a client wait until the >> server has sent out an initial greeting banner before the cl

Re: bin/176713: [patch] nc(1) closes network socket too soon

2013-07-21 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > In message z1a3pgbtchaehmbqb5fwpx-7emgbtsj7ay...@mail.gmail.com> > =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= > wrote: > > >It seems to work for me: > > Good. > > Just to make sure that we are clear, you are simply confirming what my >