On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, René Scharfe wrote: > On Cygwin, poll() reports POLLIN even for file descriptors that have > reached their end. This caused git upload-archive to be stuck in an > infinite loop, as it only looked at the POLLIN flag. I think it isn't just Cygwin that does this - see http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2001/06/poll.html Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@xxxxxxxx> http://dotat.at/ GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD.