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-rw-r--r--src/glut/glx/glut_event.c11
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
}
}