Index: lib/poll.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/gnulib/gnulib/lib/poll.c,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 poll.c
--- lib/poll.c	3 Jan 2007 10:51:19 -0000	1.6
+++ lib/poll.c	18 Jan 2007 09:30:59 -0000
@@ -133,11 +133,17 @@
 			       | POLLWRNORM | POLLWRBAND)))
 	{
 	  maxfd = pfd[i].fd;
+	  /*
+	   * Windows use a linear array of sockets (of size FD_SETSIZE). The
+	   * descriptor value is not used to address the array.
+	   */ 
+#if !((defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && !defined __CYGWIN__)
 	  if (maxfd > FD_SETSIZE)
 	    {
 	      errno = EOVERFLOW;
 	      return -1;
 	    }
+#endif
 	}
     }