Bug in applib

[Wilhelm Hagg]

Hi,

the p.map.new problem using GRASS on Dec-Alpha and other Systems
  ERROR: Can't read from ...
is caused by the following GRASS - bug:
  src/paint/Interface/applib/device.c
  Line: 125

P__readdev (buf, n)
    char *buf;
{
    int i;

    P__flushdev ();
    while (n > 0)
    {
  i = read (rfd, buf, n);

  if (i <= 0)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|---> Must be: if (i < 0)


      P__errordev ("can't read from");
  buf += i;
  n -= i;
    }
}

Otherwise the son process (the driver) exits with the above
Errormessage in those cases, where he reads faster than the
other process writes to the pipe between the processes
establisched by fork.

Change this, and it will work a little better :-)

Wilhlem

PS: Hope I had the right adress for this mailing list
    (just changed u - user by p - programmer)
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