Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [BUG] a socket file in the way causes 'tla inventory' panic

[Bug Goo]

Created as bug 100

On Mon May  3 08:25:36 2004, Matthieu MOY wrote:
> With the "tagline" tagging method, I get :
> 
> $ ls -l socket
> srwxr-xr-x    1 me     mygroup        0 05-03 09:54 socket=
> $ tla inventory
> [ ... ]
> error finding file id (6: No such device or address)
>  path: ./socket
> PANIC: arch_inventory_id
> 
> I don't know the best way to solve the problem. I suppose the most sensib> le 
> way
> would be to consider socket files as 'precious', and to hardcode that in > 
> tla ?
> 
> Another interesting case :
> 
> $ mkfifo myfifo
> $ tla inventory
> 
> Off course, tla inventory searches for a tagline in the fifo, but reading>  
> in the
> fifo is blocking, so, tla just hangs :-(
> 
> Same as above, I think fifo should be considered precious.
>