Re: bash-5.2.9 lib/readline/input.c fix for Tru64

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/14/22 10:01 PM, Koichi Murase wrote:
> 2022年11月15日(火) 9:04 Henry Bent <henry.r.bent@gmail.com>:
> > In bash-5.2.9 if HAVE_SELECT is set but HAVE_PSELECT is not, we still need
> > the "fd_set readfds;" at line 808 in lib/readline/input.c.  Found on Tru64
> > 5.1.
>
> This seems to be reported repeatedly for different lines in the source code.
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2021-05/msg00088.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2021-06/msg00160.html
>
> I think someone needs to finally check the fixed version actually
> compiles in a real Tru64 machine. I attach a possible patch
> [202211-0044.HAVE_PSELECT-in-True64.patch] but haven't tested it in
> Tru64, so I'm not sure if this is all.

I don't have a Tru64 machine either. Machines that don't have pselect()
are becoming increasingly scarce.

It should be possible to simulate a machine like this by manually editing
config.h after running configure.

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