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Re: Netscape: 'Interrupted system call'
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To: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org>
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Subject: Re: Netscape: 'Interrupted system call'
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Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> writes:
> Error opening /afs/andrew/usr4/rnw/www/teletubbies.gif
> Interrupted system call
>
> Don't ask about the filename. :-) Apparently Netscape does not anticipate
> receiving EINTR during open()? Or something like that. I seem to recall
> that Coda had this problem for a while; however, one FreeBSD 4.0, open(2)
> clearly lists EINTR as a possible error return, so it seems more like a
> Netscape problem really. (I could be mistaken)
This was a problem with emacs that was using SIGIO and got interrupted
by that. So either, that code is not working on FreeBSD 4.0 (but I
believe it should) or Netscape or doing something else.
Can you run truss/ktrace on Netscape and see what signal it's getting
while running open?
/assar
