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From: Andriy Y. Fedorov (fedorov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-30 09:38:18


 
> This is a LAM build bug to do with threads and errno. I did a fresh
> build on Solaris with the Sun compilers and the SSI RPI modules are
> not being compiled with -mt hence functions in the RPIs do not get the
> correct errno value when running in a thread other than the main thread.
> Functions like swritev() in ssi_rpi_tcp_low.c use errno to detect error
> conditions when writing to sockets amd are getting thrown off by not
> getting the correct value for errno. When everything runs in the main
> thread the correct value of errno is picked up and this is why the code
> runs OK in that case. Recompiling the SSI RPI modules with -mt fixes
> the problem.
>

   Yep, that fixed it! Thank you very much, Nick!

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  Andriy Fedorov
  
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