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6861: [MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine

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From: Chris Gray <cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:52:48 -0600
Organization: Kanga.Nu
[J C Lawrence:]

 >Look for /usr/include/sys/poll.h (at least on my RH/Alpha system).

Not here on my 2.0.30 RH/x86 system.

 >The top of the header reads:
 >
 >--<cut>--
 >
 >/* Compatibility definitions for System V `poll' interface.
 >   Copyright (C) 1994, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 >   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 >
 >...deletia...
 >
 >--<cut>--
 >
 >I suspect you need a glibc update.

Could be - I think I don't have glibc.

However, if its just compatibility stuff, that suggests its just a
library routine built on top of the 'select' system call. I don't
think updating libc will add new kernel calls! Checking my magic
header file '/usr/include/sys/syscall.h', I don't find an entry
for 'poll'.