Subj : Re: Semaphore
To   : Dan Cross
From : Nick Andre
Date : Mon Jan 18 2021 04:33 pm

On 19 Jan 21  09:56:27, Dan Cross said the following to Dallas Hinton:

DC> More generally, the issue in this discussion is that the
DC> request for a feature has been wrapped up in details about
DC> the implementation of that feature.  From my observation,
DC> that's the central source of friction.

I cannot believe I actually agree with Oli about something but he is 100% 
correct that its likely because the request is DOS-ish and not Posix-ish.

The use of signals I can and have clearly demonstrated that it works 
differently on Windows. I believe Rob when he tells me the logic is there, he
may be correct but BinkD on Windows drops all active connections when
signalled. If someone can demonstrate a way to fulfill the request, wonderful.

I don't buy that argument of introducing another level of complexity because
the BinkD code is already doing a fair amount of checking for files such as 
the config, FLO, HLD etc. Checking for a dummy file cannot be much of a 
stretch to put in there. Its a silly program that sends silly Fido packets; 
its not some mission-critical airline reservation system.

Anyhow its not the end of the world if it can't be done but the reactions to 
this simple request from Sysops over the years are almost always negative from
a certain OS crowd.

Nick

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