* Matt Dainty <m...@bodgit-n-scarper.com> [2013-04-15 08:10:37]: > > I'm currently using Mac OS X 10.8.3 with libevent 2.0.21 installed from > MacPorts. I've tried the test case on CentOS 6.x with the same version of > libevent and I can't reproduce it which makes me think it's something > specific to either OS X or the OS X support in libevent perhaps?
I got some pointers off-list to try playing with the EVENT_* environment variables; setting EVENT_SHOW_METHOD shows that OS X prefers kqueue(2) by default. If I set EVENT_NOKQUEUE then it switches to poll(2) and I get the correct behaviour I'm expecting. Searching for "kqueue on os x buggy" shows this is a known problem on OS X in general and I eventually find the chapter on creating custom event_base's in the libevent book, with an explicit note about kqueue on OS X ;-) Apologies for the noise Matt *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@freehaven.net with unsubscribe libevent-users in the body.
