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Soften the statement about select's timeout argument. This part of

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the system likely won't change in the future, but the warning is a
good idea.
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Warner Losh 2000-09-04 03:32:30 +00:00
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@ -186,10 +186,8 @@ reasons,
.Fn select
will always examine the first 256 descriptors.
.Sh BUGS
.Fn select
should probably return the time remaining from the original timeout,
if any, by modifying the time value in place.
This may be implemented in future versions of the system.
The Single Unix Specification allows systems to modify the original
timeout in place.
Thus, it is unwise to assume that the timeout value will be unmodified
by the
.Fn select