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From: jack@cwi.nl (Jack Jansen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Why does X not use SO_KEEPALIVE?
Message-ID: <7992@boring.cwi.nl>
Date: 31 Mar 89 12:27:32 GMT
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I noticed that the X library doesn't set the SO_KEEPALIVE option on the
socket. This causes X clients to hang if the server machine crashes
(something my experimental server machine often does, and also something
I would expect to be common with X terminals).

Is there a good reason not the set SO_KEEPALIVE?

Please reply, since I don't have the time to keep up with this newsgroup
most of the time. I'll summarize, of course.
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