From: Fabian Keil <fk@fabiankeil.de>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:04:41 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Remove --with-fdsetsize as select() is no longer supported
X-Git-Tag: v_3_0_30~270^2~42
X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/user-manual/$4?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d2a6fcf8b923dc9f81b03417ede4d44f0beb03e0;p=privoxy.git

Remove --with-fdsetsize as select() is no longer supported
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diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f732867f..7e18567b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -481,27 +481,6 @@ fi
 
 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_ONLY)
 
-dnl =================================================================
-dnl On most platforms select() does not support fd numbers above
-dnl FD_SETSIZE, as a result Privoxy can't handle more than
-dnl approximately FD_SETSIZE/2 client connections.
-dnl On some platforms the value can be changed at compile time,
-dnl on others it's hardcoded and requires recompilation of the OS.
-dnl Only relevant if select() is actually being used.
-dnl =================================================================
-AC_ARG_WITH(fdsetsize,
- [  --with-fdsetsize=n  Optimistically redefine FD_SETSIZE with the intend to change the number of connections Privoxy can handle. Dangerous if the platform doesn't support this. Pointless if Privoxy can use poll() instead of select().],
- [
-   if test "x$withval" != "xyes"; then
-     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(FD_SETSIZE,$with_fdsetsize,[Relevant for select(). Not honoured by all OS.])
-     echo "Redefining FD_SETSIZE to $with_fdsetsize."
-     AC_MSG_WARN(On platforms that don't support FD_SETSIZE redefinition it may cause memory corruption.)
-   else
-     AC_MSG_ERROR(--with-fdsetsize used without value)
-   fi
-   ]
-)
-
 dnl =================================================================
 dnl Support for thread-safe versions of gethostbyaddr, gethostbyname,
 dnl gmtime and localtime