Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Rainer Weikusat Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps Subject: Re: mmap unuseable for interactive application? Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:46:48 +0100 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <87hb6jzu8n.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com> References: <87y5zwvjgl.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com> <5005be5a-57a0-4ce1-9dbe-ac36c3c75ca1@v11g2000prn.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net E/ZZh9NZfOQI5OCoes1eiwtfwYgDnmAHyFS/MApGiEmr6JPy4= Cancel-Lock: sha1:6EgC2d36484v63oYu7mH5WgnOho= sha1:8NPkj8s6hUpBbqQBpXVM4C+PlTY= User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.development.apps:194 Peter writes: > On Jul 17, 11:40 am, Rainer Weikusat wrote: >> > created for this file while one is using it. But I was told earlier, >> > this is a feature -- not a bug! > > > In case of this was unclear -- I was refering to not being able to > open a file exclusively on LINUX > (which would prevent the problem I originally was referring to). > >> >> It is documented. Consequently, it's a feature, > > Can I use this as a quote together with your name? The person you should attribute this to was someone called Vinzent Hoefler (IIRC): Es ist dokumentiert und nicht als Fehler dokumentiert also ist es ein Feature (I'm presumably not quoting this exactly).