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

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" > &

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 >