From 950350966b07d1f121f4cf50a2704f1a65dc4b38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 10:26:34 +0000
Subject: Correct a horrible bug.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=670
---
 socket.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'socket.c')

diff --git a/socket.c b/socket.c
index 6af77ef3..9bfc5485 100644
--- a/socket.c
+++ b/socket.c
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@ FILE *sockopen(char *host, int clientPort)
     fp = fdopen(sock, "r+");
 
 #ifdef FOO
-    /* for unknown reasons, this results in horrible lossage */
+    /*
+     * For unknown reasons, this results in horrible lossage.
+     * To see this, condition in this line, generate a test pattern
+     * of 8K, fetch it, and watch it garble the test pattern.
+     * I think there's a bug in stdio lurking here.
+     */
     setvbuf(fp, sbuf, _IOLBF, INTERNAL_BUFSIZE);
 #endif /* FOO */
 
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