Re: wait_for_file ??

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Michael D Godfrey
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On 09/03/2010 05:26 PM, Michael D Godfrey wrote:
>
> I previously said:
>
> Now the question is:  why is the opts.source file not generated
> before __wait_for_file__(opts.source) is called?
>
> I should have added that this makes the __wait_for_file__ patches
> unnecessary.  Once the reason is found for the eps file only being known
> within gl2ps-renderer.cc  there should be no timing window.  Of course,
> please, everyone remember that  fflush()  is required before each fclose().
> Not doing the flush() would reintroduce a window, and this was a a part of
> this problem.
>
> Michael
>
>

I suspect that extra fflush() call adds a delay that hides the underlying
race condition, but does not solves it.

Dmitri.
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