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

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