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Diffstat (limited to 'socket.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | socket.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -709,12 +709,18 @@ int SockClose(int sock) } #endif - /* Half-close the connection first so the other end gets notified. +#ifdef __UNUSED__ + /* + * This hangs in RedHat 6.2 after fetchmail runs for a while a + * FIN_WAIT2 comes up in netstat and fetchmail never returns from + * the recv system call. (Reported from jtnews + * <jtnews@bellatlantic.net>, Wed, 24 May 2000 21:26:02.) + * + * Half-close the connection first so the other end gets notified. * * This stops sends but allows receives (effectively, it sends a - * TCP <FIN>). - */ - if (shutdown(sock, 1) == 0) + * TCP <FIN>). */ + if (shutdown(sock, 1) == 0) { /* If there is any data still waiting in the queue, discard it. * Call recv() until either it returns 0 (meaning we received a FIN) * or any error occurs. This makes sure all data sent by the other @@ -723,6 +729,8 @@ int SockClose(int sock) if (fm_peek(sock, &ch, 1) > 0) while (fm_read(sock, &ch, 1) > 0) continue; + } +#endif /* __UNUSED__ */ /* if there's an error closing at this point, not much we can do */ return(fm_close(sock)); /* this is guarded */ |