Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> writes: > On the subject of sys/select.h, the libc Texinfo manual appears > to be out of date: > > "A better solution is to use the select function. This blocks the program > until input or output is ready on a specified set of file descriptors, > or until a timer expires, whichever comes first. This facility is declared > in the header file sys/types.h." > > https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Waiting-for-I_002fO.html > > There's no mention of sys/select.h there. I couldn't find why this might > have been in the time I spent researching it, although it seemed that the > needed header file could have changed over time. That's confirmed by the > gnulib documentation that says the header doesn't exist on a small number > of systems.
Good point. I sent a patch to change it [1]. Collin [1] https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/67e28adf7465e04b8326ef69010619ccaf2cffde.1753404249.git.collin.fu...@gmail.com/T/#u
