8 Mar 2007 (Thu)

09:26:36 # Life cowdancer bug 413912. It was a bit tough. The question is about 'what file descriptor is safe to use for cowdancer?'. cowdancer is a preloaded library, and will be loaded with all applications under cowdancer control. The answer to this question will depend on the application behavior. The obviously wrong fds to use are 0, 1, and 2 which are standard input/output file descriptors, and people assume many things about them, and that was why 'screen' ./configure script failed to function within cowdancer. Using file descriptor 3 might feel safe, but applications are free to assume 3 is usable and issue, dup2 or close instructions on it. Hmmm...