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commit 6237311c0af460dd0ff5cf2ed4f935a33386375c
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
Date:   Sun Mar 8 06:06:56 2015 +0200

    Commit generated doc from previous commit.

diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info
index cbcf529..7e548a8 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.info
+++ b/doc/gawk.info
@@ -3014,7 +3014,8 @@ used by regular users:
 `GAWK_SOCK_RETRIES'
      Controls the number of times `gawk' attempts to retry a two-way
      TCP/IP (socket) connection before giving up.  *Note TCP/IP
-     Networking::.
+     Networking::.  Note that when nonfatal I/O is enabled (*note
+     Nonfatal::), `gawk' only tries to open a TCP/IP socket once.
 
 `POSIXLY_CORRECT'
      Causes `gawk' to switch to POSIX-compatibility mode, disabling all
@@ -7263,6 +7264,13 @@ For standard output, you may use `PROCINFO["-", 
"NONFATAL"]' or
 `PROCINFO["/dev/stdout", "NONFATAL"]'.  For standard error, use
 `PROCINFO["/dev/stderr", "NONFATAL"]'.
 
+   When attempting to open a TCP/IP socket (*note TCP/IP Networking::),
+`gawk' tries multiple times. The `GAWK_SOCK_RETRIES' environment
+variable (*note Other Environment Variables::) allows you to override
+`gawk''s builtin default number of attempts.  However, once nonfatal
+I/O is enabled for a given socket, `gawk' only retries once, relying on
+`awk'-level code to notice that there was a problem.
+
 
 File: gawk.info,  Node: Output Summary,  Next: Output Exercises,  Prev: 
Nonfatal,  Up: Printing
 
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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi
index 6707711..615330d 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.texi
+++ b/doc/gawk.texi
@@ -4550,6 +4550,8 @@ wait for input before returning with an error.
 Controls the number of times @command{gawk} attempts to
 retry a two-way TCP/IP (socket) connection before giving up.
 @xref{TCP/IP Networking}.
+Note that when nonfatal I/O is enabled (@pxref{Nonfatal}),
address@hidden only tries to open a TCP/IP socket once.
 
 @item POSIXLY_CORRECT
 Causes @command{gawk} to switch to POSIX-compatibility
@@ -10500,6 +10502,14 @@ For standard output, you may use @code{PROCINFO["-", 
"NONFATAL"]}
 or @code{PROCINFO["/dev/stdout", "NONFATAL"]}.  For standard error, use
 @code{PROCINFO["/dev/stderr", "NONFATAL"]}.
 
+When attempting to open a TCP/IP socket (@pxref{TCP/IP Networking}),
address@hidden tries multiple times. The @env{GAWK_SOCK_RETRIES}
+environment variable (@pxref{Other Environment Variables}) allows you to
+override @command{gawk}'s builtin default number of attempts.  However,
+once nonfatal I/O is enabled for a given socket, @command{gawk} only
+retries once, relying on @command{awk}-level code to notice that there
+was a problem.
+
 @node Output Summary
 @section Summary
 

http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/commit/?id=b108a3ba2ab12dd7274589c6fe09c882df02827c

commit b108a3ba2ab12dd7274589c6fe09c882df02827c
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
Date:   Sun Mar 8 06:06:19 2015 +0200

    Make nonfatal override GAWK_SOCK_RETRIES. Document it.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62777ab..cc15ccb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2015-03-08         Arnold D. Robbins     <address@hidden>
+
+       * io.c (devopen): Change the logic such that if nonfatal is true
+       for the socket, don't do retries.  Also clean up the formatting
+       some.  At strictopen, check if errno is ENOENT and if so, propagate
+       the error from getaddrinfo() up to the caller. Add explanatory
+       comments.
+
 2015-02-28         Andrew J. Schorr     <address@hidden>
 
        * io.c (pty_vs_pipe): Remove check for NULL PROCINFO_node, since
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index d8c42cb..b58699a 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-03-08         Arnold D. Robbins     <address@hidden>
+
+       * gawktexi.in: Briefly describe that nonfatal I/O overrides
+       GAWK_SOCK_RETRIES, in the env var part and in the nonfatal I/O
+       part.
+
 2015-03-01         Arnold D. Robbins     <address@hidden>
 
        * gawktexi.in: Change quotes to @dfn for pseudorandom.
diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in
index 1b99b5b..8612876 100644
--- a/doc/gawktexi.in
+++ b/doc/gawktexi.in
@@ -4461,6 +4461,8 @@ wait for input before returning with an error.
 Controls the number of times @command{gawk} attempts to
 retry a two-way TCP/IP (socket) connection before giving up.
 @xref{TCP/IP Networking}.
+Note that when nonfatal I/O is enabled (@pxref{Nonfatal}),
address@hidden only tries to open a TCP/IP socket once.
 
 @item POSIXLY_CORRECT
 Causes @command{gawk} to switch to POSIX-compatibility
@@ -9996,6 +9998,14 @@ For standard output, you may use @code{PROCINFO["-", 
"NONFATAL"]}
 or @code{PROCINFO["/dev/stdout", "NONFATAL"]}.  For standard error, use
 @code{PROCINFO["/dev/stderr", "NONFATAL"]}.
 
+When attempting to open a TCP/IP socket (@pxref{TCP/IP Networking}),
address@hidden tries multiple times. The @env{GAWK_SOCK_RETRIES}
+environment variable (@pxref{Other Environment Variables}) allows you to
+override @command{gawk}'s builtin default number of attempts.  However,
+once nonfatal I/O is enabled for a given socket, @command{gawk} only
+retries once, relying on @command{awk}-level code to notice that there
+was a problem.
+
 @node Output Summary
 @section Summary
 
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 162fb4e..55c5d3a 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -1661,20 +1661,20 @@ devopen(const char *name, const char *mode)
                goto strictopen;
        } else if (inetfile(name, & isi)) {
 #ifdef HAVE_SOCKETS
-               cp = (char *) name;
-
-               /* socketopen requires NUL-terminated strings */
-               cp[isi.localport.offset+isi.localport.len] = '\0';
-               cp[isi.remotehost.offset+isi.remotehost.len] = '\0';
-               /* remoteport comes last, so already NUL-terminated */
-
-               {
 #define DEFAULT_RETRIES 20
                static unsigned long def_retries = DEFAULT_RETRIES;
                static bool first_time = true;
                unsigned long retries = 0;
                static long msleep = 1000;
                bool hard_error = false;
+               bool non_fatal = is_non_fatal_redirect(name);
+
+               cp = (char *) name;
+
+               /* socketopen requires NUL-terminated strings */
+               cp[isi.localport.offset+isi.localport.len] = '\0';
+               cp[isi.remotehost.offset+isi.remotehost.len] = '\0';
+               /* remoteport comes last, so already NUL-terminated */
 
                if (first_time) {
                        char *cp, *end;
@@ -1701,28 +1701,39 @@ devopen(const char *name, const char *mode)
                                        msleep *= 1000;
                        }
                }
-               retries = def_retries;
+               /*
+                * PROCINFO["NONFATAL"] or PROCINFO[name, "NONFATAL"] overrrides
+                * GAWK_SOCK_RETRIES.  The explicit code in the program carries
+                * a bigger stick than the environment variable does.
+                */
+               retries = non_fatal ? 1 : def_retries;
 
                errno = 0;
                do {
-                       openfd = socketopen(isi.family, isi.protocol, 
name+isi.localport.offset, name+isi.remoteport.offset, 
name+isi.remotehost.offset, & hard_error);
+                       openfd = socketopen(isi.family, isi.protocol, 
name+isi.localport.offset,
+                                       name+isi.remoteport.offset, 
name+isi.remotehost.offset,
+                                       & hard_error);
                        retries--;
                } while (openfd == INVALID_HANDLE && ! hard_error && retries > 
0 && usleep(msleep) == 0);
                save_errno = errno;
-       }
 
-       /* restore original name string */
-       cp[isi.localport.offset+isi.localport.len] = '/';
-       cp[isi.remotehost.offset+isi.remotehost.len] = '/';
+               /* restore original name string */
+               cp[isi.localport.offset+isi.localport.len] = '/';
+               cp[isi.remotehost.offset+isi.remotehost.len] = '/';
 #else /* ! HAVE_SOCKETS */
-       fatal(_("TCP/IP communications are not supported"));
+               fatal(_("TCP/IP communications are not supported"));
 #endif /* HAVE_SOCKETS */
        }
 
 strictopen:
        if (openfd == INVALID_HANDLE) {
                openfd = open(name, flag, 0666);
-               if (openfd == INVALID_HANDLE && save_errno)
+               /*
+                * ENOENT means there is no such name in the filesystem.
+                * Therefore it's ok to propagate up the error from
+                * getaddrinfo() that's in save_errno.
+                */
+               if (openfd == INVALID_HANDLE && errno == ENOENT && save_errno)
                        errno = save_errno;
        }
 #if defined(__EMX__) || defined(__MINGW32__)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog       |    8 +
 doc/ChangeLog   |    6 +
 doc/gawk.info   | 1022 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 doc/gawk.texi   |   10 +
 doc/gawktexi.in |   10 +
 io.c            |   43 ++-
 6 files changed, 576 insertions(+), 523 deletions(-)


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