Re: Fixing Posix semaphores

2004-12-22 Thread Kamal R. Prasad
--- Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:01:51AM +, Robert > Watson wrote: > > > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Joe Kelsey wrote: > > > > > I have a desire to fix posix semaphores in at > least 5.3. The current > > > implementation doesn't actually follow the > "s

Re: Fixing Posix semaphores

2004-12-21 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:01:51AM +, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Joe Kelsey wrote: > > > I have a desire to fix posix semaphores in at least 5.3. The current > > implementation doesn't actually follow the "spirit" of the standard, > > even though it technically qualifies i

Re: Fixing Posix semaphores

2004-12-21 Thread Robert Watson
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Joe Kelsey wrote: > I have a desire to fix posix semaphores in at least 5.3. The current > implementation doesn't actually follow the "spirit" of the standard, > even though it technically qualifies in a somewhat degraded sense. I > refer to the fact that the current implem

Re: Fixing Posix semaphores

2004-12-15 Thread Julian Elischer
Joe Kelsey wrote: On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 10:11 -0800, Kamal R. Prasad wrote: --- Joe Kelsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BTW -how would you deal with a diskless workstation running Freebsd? Why does this matter? If the system uses NFS, then all bets are off. If the system contains a

Re: Fixing Posix semaphores

2004-12-15 Thread Joe Kelsey
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 08:08 -0800, Kamal R. Prasad wrote: > --- Joe Kelsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a desire to fix posix semaphores in at least > > 5.3. The current > > implementation doesn't actually follow the "spirit" > > of the standard, > > even though it technically qualifie

Re: Fixing Posix semaphores

2004-12-15 Thread Joe Kelsey
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 10:11 -0800, Kamal R. Prasad wrote: > --- Joe Kelsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > BTW -how would > > > you deal with a diskless workstation running > > Freebsd? > > > > Why does this matter? If the system uses NFS, then > > all bets are off. > > If the system contains a

Re: Fixing Posix semaphores

2004-12-14 Thread Kamal R. Prasad
--- Joe Kelsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 08:08 -0800, Kamal R. Prasad > wrote: > > --- Joe Kelsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have a desire to fix posix semaphores in at > least > > > 5.3. The current > > > implementation doesn't actually follow the > "spirit

Re: Fixing Posix semaphores

2004-12-13 Thread Kamal R. Prasad
--- Joe Kelsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a desire to fix posix semaphores in at least > 5.3. The current > implementation doesn't actually follow the "spirit" > of the standard, > even though it technically qualifies in a somewhat > degraded sense. I > refer to the fact that the curre

Fixing Posix semaphores

2004-12-13 Thread Joe Kelsey
I have a desire to fix posix semaphores in at least 5.3. The current implementation doesn't actually follow the "spirit" of the standard, even though it technically qualifies in a somewhat degraded sense. I refer to the fact that the current implementation treats posix semaphores as completely co