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| -rw-r--r-- | src/glut/glx/glut_event.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/glut/glx/glut_event.c b/src/glut/glx/glut_event.c index 2c46203e59..d10cc159b6 100644 --- a/src/glut/glx/glut_event.c +++ b/src/glut/glx/glut_event.c @@ -301,7 +301,15 @@ interruptibleXNextEvent(Display * dpy, XEvent * event) XNextEvent(dpy, event); return 1; } - FD_ZERO(&fds); +#ifndef VMS + /* the combination ConectionNumber-select is buggy on VMS. Sometimes it + * fails. This part of the code hangs the program on VMS7.2. But even + * without it the program seems to run correctly. + * Note that this is a bug in the VMS/DECWindows run-time-libraries. + * Compaq engeneering does not want or is not able to make a fix. + * (last sentence is a quotation from Compaq when I reported the + * problem January 2000) */ + FD_ZERO(&fds); FD_SET(__glutConnectionFD, &fds); rc = select(__glutConnectionFD + 1, &fds, NULL, NULL, NULL); @@ -312,6 +320,7 @@ interruptibleXNextEvent(Display * dpy, XEvent * event) __glutFatalError("select error."); } } +#endif } } |