[8447] in Athena Bugs
7.3P decmips and rs/6000 gettime never timesout if server is down
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (epeisach@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Mon Oct 21 17:20:18 1991
From: epeisach@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 91 17:21:16 -0400
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Symptom
gettime down_server
never returns.
Problem is need for volatile statement when dealing w/ longjmps
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a05442 Mon Oct 21 17:19:55 1991
--- gettime.c Mon Oct 21 17:19:15 1991
***************
*** 51,57 ****
long hosttime;
register int *nettime;
char hostname[64];
! int attempts = 0, cc;
strcpy (hostname, DEFAULT_TIME_SERVER);
for (i = 1;i < argc;i++) {
--- 51,62 ----
long hosttime;
register int *nettime;
char hostname[64];
! int cc;
! #if !defined(ultrix) && defined(vax)
! int attempts = 0;
! #else
! volatile int attempts = 0;
! #endif
strcpy (hostname, DEFAULT_TIME_SERVER);
for (i = 1;i < argc;i++) {
