[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #651: Avoid low fds

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#651: Avoid low fds
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 Reporter:  olly           |             Owner:  olly
     Type:  enhancement    |            Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:  1.3.3
Component:  Backend-Glass  |           Version:
 Severity:  normal         |        Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |        Blocked By:
 Blocking:                 |  Operating System:  All
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Comment (by olly):

 The link doesn't seem to work for me, but I think the meaning is clear
 enough for our purposes here.

 My initial thought was that this sinks the idea (at least on OS X) but
 actually this does seem a better reaction than allowing the process to
 corrupt the database, and in some ways better than the stray {{{write()}}}
 returning -1 and some errno value which the caller may just quietly
 ignore.

 I'll extend the test program to catch that signal and continue with
 checks.

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