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Xref: sserve news.software.nntp:5858 comp.os.386bsd.questions:7519 Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!subnet.sub.net!flatlin!bad From: bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura) Subject: Re: INN and NetBSD 0.9 Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1993 23:46:26 GMT Message-ID: <CI98pG.6q6@flatlin.ka.sub.org> References: <2ev5bj$b09@noether.mathcs.duq.edu> Organization: Guru Systems/Funware Department Lines: 26 Why Distribution: inet? In <2ev5bj$b09@noether.mathcs.duq.edu> mcquill@keen.ccit.duq.edu (Tod McQuillin) writes: >INN 1.4's Install.ms has this to say about 386BSD and mmap(): >> If you use 386BSD (the Jolitz port, not the BSDI product) you will >> have to set ACT_STYLE to ``READ''. If you do not do this then the >> active file will not get updated. Another work-around is to insert an >> ``msync'' call in the ICDwriteactive routine in innd/icd.c. This is >> not supported because I consider the 386BSD behavior to be buggy. >Is this also the case with other operating systems based on 386BSD, >like NetBSD and/or FreeBSD? Yes. In fact, it's true for all systems based on the BSD Networking Release/2 software, i.e. 386BSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, BSDI's BSD/386. I believe it's true for 4.4BSD too since they didn't get around to rewriting the VM system. -- Christoph Badura --- bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org --- +49 721 606137 Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer. E.W.Dijkstra