Re: Queue manager unix domain socket connect() deadlock prevention.

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Date: Mon Dec 01 2003 - 08:10:11 EST


On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Wietse Venema wrote:

> > The NetBSD folks may put together a suitable small test program (that
> > emulates the queue manager and a concurrency limited set of delivery
> > agents). If we find enough testers to cover all supported platforms would
> > that be enough to make the change in a snapshot after 2.1?
>
> This change to Postfix shall be platform and version dependent.
>
> There is no reason to make retroactive platform or version
> indepedent changes to Postfix.
>

This is consistent with my expectations. So at this time nothing needs to
or will be changed. I would change the code to always make non-blocking
connect() calls, but I am less conservative than you, and it is probably
someone as reckless as I who caused the brief NetBSD fiasco! :-)

-- 
	Viktor.







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