Ralf, I don't know but I wonder why it is called on all platforms *except* Cygwin. I'll look at the CVS history today.
Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ralf Habacker > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:10 AM > To: Cygwin-Xfree > Subject: 5 seconds delay in libICE if file attributes doesn't match > > > > On Thursday 16 May 2002 09:11, Ralf Habacker wrote: > > > Hi Lubos, > > > > > > you have written in the kde-core-devel mailing list: > > > > Second, this may change may help on systems which doesn't have > > > > /tmp/.ICE-unix set to root:root 1777, where ksmserver is idle for 5 > > > > seconds, so with this change, those 5 seconds are used to > something else. > > > > > > I'm porting kde 2.2.2 to cygwin/xfree and currently looking > for places to > > > save loading time, so this fact seems to be interesting for > me. Because the > > > cygwin security system does not work in all this way like > unix (it's an > > > emulation), this could be a significant point. I have looked into the > > > (kde2) ksmserver sources to find the place you told about, but haven't > > > found it. Do you have a hint for this ? > > > > The place is actually in libICE. You can see the change here > > http://webcvs.kde.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/kdelibs/dcop/KDE-ICE/Xtransut > > il.c.diff?r1=1.3&r2=1.4 > > > > There are actually two libICE libraries used in KDE, first one is this > > modified version for DCOP called KDE-ICE, the second one is > standard libICE > > shipped with XFree86, which is used by libSM, which is used by > ksmserver, and > > this libICE still waits those 5 seconds when there are improper > permissions. > > > Are there any reasons why this delay should be in libICE ? > > Is not so here is a patch > > Index: Xtransutil.c > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/xc/lib/xtrans/Xtransutil.c,v > retrieving revision 3.21 > diff -u -3 -p -B -r3.21 Xtransutil.c > --- Xtransutil.c 2001/12/14 19:57:07 3.21 > +++ Xtransutil.c 2002/05/16 11:08:20 > @@ -503,12 +503,16 @@ trans_mkdir(char *path, int mode) > if (updateOwner && !updatedOwner) { > PRMSG(1, "mkdir: Owner of %s should be set to root\n", > path, 0, 0); > +#ifndef __CYGWIN__ > sleep(5); > +#endif > } > if (updateMode && !updatedMode) { > PRMSG(1, "mkdir: Mode of %s should be set to %04o\n", > path, mode, 0); > +#ifndef __CYGWIN__ > sleep(5); > +#endif > } > return 0; > } > > Regards > > Ralf > >
