Re: is gnus-read-active-file broken in rgnus?

[Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com>]

>>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Harnois <mharnois@sbt.net> writes:

Michael> ... is it possible that setting gnus-read-active-file to
Michael> 'some' no longer works?

Lars> Yup.  This is probably fixed in Red 0.12, though.

This probably explains the massive slow down I've seen in all the Red
Gnus versions I've tried.  With gnus-read-active-file set to 'some,
0.12 loops on a failed select when reading the active file:

 ...
select(256, [], NULL, NULL, {0, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
select(256, [8], NULL, NULL, {0, 0})    = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(7, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
ioctl(7, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
gettimeofday({840317876, 802846}, NULL) = 0
select(9, [4 7 8], [], [], {0, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
gettimeofday({840317876, 829585}, {480, 1}) = 0
gettimeofday({840317876, 831423}, {480, 1}) = 0
gettimeofday({840317876, 833243}, NULL) = 0
ioctl(7, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
ioctl(7, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
gettimeofday({840317876, 838642}, NULL) = 0
select(9, [4 7 8], [], [], {0, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
gettimeofday({840317876, 842888}, NULL) = 0
select(9, [4 8], [], [], {0, 0})        = 0 (Timeout)
ioctl(7, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
ioctl(7, FIONREAD, [0])                 = 0
gettimeofday({840317876, 850704}, NULL) = 0
select(9, [4 7 8], [], [], {0, 980539}) = 0 (Timeout)
gettimeofday({840317877, 851542}, NULL) = 0
select(256, [], NULL, NULL, {0, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
select(256, [8], NULL, NULL, {0, 0})    = 0 (Timeout)
 ...

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