On Friday 28 January 2011 16:26:59 Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > Both of these make a lot of sense. > > > * loop until daemon socket is available, always returning a uuid > > alothough it may take unspecified time > > Not too sure about this one. quoting from Karel's mail: > > int uuid_generate_time_nf(uuid_t out) /* nf = "no fallback" */ > what about uuid_generate_safe_time(uuid_t out) ? this would fulfill the "_safe_" meaning from such an API function and I think it makes sense to have something like "give me an UUID whatever it takes". dave -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html