Re: partial read() bug
Previously Christoph Pfisterer wrote:
> Below is a patch that fixes this with a wrapper for read() that
> handles partial reads and interrupted system calls.
Patch looks good, merged in CVS.
> I guess the reason why this has gone unnoticed for so long is that
> the pipe implementation in Linux tries to avoid partial reads unless
> it hits end-of-file.
I've gotten a few bugreports about files not being installed that
might be explained by this actually. I've never been able to reproduce
that so I can't be sure though.
Wichert.
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