Why has the use of alarm() been removed from the 3.8 version of getname()? Non-portable issue?
Allthough not supported by most Windows environments, it can be simulated easily. For others there should IMHO be a HAVE_ALARM because IMHO it's handy to timeout gethostbyaddr() especially in offline captures full of 192.168.* addresses that resolves to nothing. Latest tcpdump is rather slow at exiting from a SIGINT now and even more so with the new pcap_break_loop(). Any ideas how this could best be done? Running gethostbyaddr() in a separate thread (for Win32) or use setitimer()/alarm() where available? Gisle V. # rm /bin/laden /bin/laden: Not found - This is the TCPDUMP workers list. It is archived at http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/index.html To unsubscribe use mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
