[Buildbot-devel] Problem with dnotify.py on AMD64

Jeff Pitman symbiont at berlios.de
Fri Sep 30 14:19:40 UTC 2005


On Friday 30 September 2005 19:02, Brad Hards wrote:
> It is coming from the core python code. I  have submitted a patch for
> the bug
> (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1309352&gro
>up_id=5470&atid=305470) but that isn't all that likely to get
> backported, and even if it does, it will require everyone to get to
> at least 2.4.3.

Bugger ain't it?  Programming for the masses.

It is signed in glibc:

int fcntl(int fd, int cmd, long arg);

Most likely it will be most appropriate to use an ell (l) not a capital 
aye (I).  Previously it was a signed int in Python.

thoughts?
-- 
-jeff




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